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Re:Fair Trending: Objectively-Ranked Trending YouTube Videos by nadont8 on Sunday September 23, 2018 @05:51PM (#18053469)
Because people watch absolute garbage. There's no algorithmic solution to that.
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Re:Fair Trending: Objectively-Ranked Trending YouTube Videos by notatoad on Sunday September 23, 2018 @06:03PM (#18053530)
there is an alogorithmic solution - it's the one youtube uses for their trending page, which is subjectively far superior to this "objective" and "fair" listing.
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Re:Fair Trending: Objectively-Ranked Trending YouTube Videos by hoseja on Monday September 24, 2018 @06:04AM (#18056364)
Do you think the Youtube trending page isn't hand-polished?
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Re:Fair Trending: Objectively-Ranked Trending YouTube Videos by slig on Sunday September 23, 2018 @06:06PM (#18053546)
There is. After logging in and liking dozens of videos, their algorithm will come up with some pretty decent recommendations, in my experience.
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