An ex-YouTube whistleblower on their recommendation engine

Re:An ex-YouTube whistleblower on their recommendation engine by malvosenior on Sunday February 10, 2019 @12:08PM (#19128636)

Prior to YouTube, the internet and recommendation engines I used to spend hours in front of the TV. I could do this for days on end. I don't think I was alone. Now I spend the same amount of time in front of my computer only the content is 1,000X more informative and valuable (seriously, you don't want to know how many reruns of Facts of Life and Charles In Charge I've seen).

Recommendations are simply a service that makes my life easier and potentially gives me something cool to watch (they don't usually work that good, but that's not the argument here).

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Re:An ex-YouTube whistleblower on their recommendation engine by ggggtez on Sunday February 10, 2019 @01:29PM (#19129178)

I think it's an interesting comment. I wonder if the average person spends less time watching reruns compared to the 70s/80s/90s. There certainly was a cultural push to not be a "couch potato", and I wonder if we'll see that again with internet entertainment.

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Re:An ex-YouTube whistleblower on their recommendation engine by oriolid on Sunday February 10, 2019 @01:53PM (#19129316)

Interesting. I used to have Netflix and discover some interesting Youtube content from related videos, but now Netflix only recommends me Marvel films I don't want to watch and removes all interesting content and Youtube has terrible crap in "recommended for you" videos. On plus side, learning to play guitar has been at least as satisfying.

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Re:An ex-YouTube whistleblower on their recommendation engine by HNLurker2 on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @07:14AM (#19152447)

Just train the algorithm with "Not interest" tab. YouTube is high noise and low signal, and very biased medium. But you can train itm

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