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Re:The Facebook Algorithm Mom Problem by icebraining on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @05:53PM (#14757026)
Yes, but that has an unspoken assumption that recent habits are more additive than longer term ones. I find that suspect; after all, you've already shown that you'll go back again and again to these kinds of videos, whereas you might spend a couple of hours watching a bunch of videos of a kind that you'll never be interested in again.

Personally, I find YouTube terrible at keeping me engaged. Even when I want to keep watching videos, their sidebar fails to show me anything I want to click on at least 1/3 of the times.

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Re:The Facebook Algorithm Mom Problem by rhizome on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @07:02PM (#14757427)
Yes, but that has an unspoken assumption that recent habits are more additive than longer term ones

This is too fine a point. A user will "select" a default choice by doing nothing, and it's in YT's interests to provide default choices that reward the company. This has been researched for decades and is supported by, among other things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo_bias

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Re:The Facebook Algorithm Mom Problem by quadrangle on Thursday July 13, 2017 @09:19PM (#14766734)
You could be exceptional or the algorithms might just be shitty at their intended purpose. Lots of possibilities.
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