I did a weeklong purge of everything last year to dial in the algorithm and it was pretty ok but the last 3 days it has been just complete trash from recommending reactionaries as well as some guy with 50 views playing a game I've never heard of. Is this just me or did they fuck with something

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    I have suspicions that even if you don't click play, the embeds of youtube videos like on this site, may subtly influence your suggestions. Which is fine for funny shit, but not so great for whatever the latest :brainworms: shit is being posted in the dunktank. Watching the videos in incognito still links them to your IP and does affect the algorithm over time.

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      YouTube is now putting anything your mouse paused over into your watch history, and it's fucking up my suggestions badly

      • notceps [he/him]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        That might actually be it because I give videos the 2 second hover but also that's so incredibly dumb I hover because I'm not sure what it is and when I don't click through that'd have to rate it super low instead of "show him more of this one times he'll bite"

    • notceps [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      I don't know about that it tried to recommend me Linus Tech Tips like three times before I did set the channel to ignore, I've never clicked on any tech review videos or any of that sort so I really don't know why it thought to give that to me.