Re:Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you'...
by SpicyLemonZest on Friday October 25, 2019 @07:46PM
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But does Youtube's recommendation system trap you any more than old media? I remember having much the same feeling with library books. I've read 10 pages of this author's thoughts and I really want to pick up something else - but I don't have time to go to the library this week, so I guess I'm stuck reading the other 290 pages.
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Re:Ask HN: What are unintended consequences of new tech you'...
by Infinitesimus on Friday October 25, 2019 @11:50PM
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> I don't have time to go to the library this week ...
That's a very different situation though.
This is as if you went to the library and the librarian only showed you other books by that author and the books that might be (poorly) related to the one you just read.
Like books with similar words in the title or books that people grabbed after that one.
YouTube is pure trash for discovery 90% of the time because the algorithm is tuned for addiction : you are fed content that is designed to keep you hooked and it will always, always bias towards that because that's the business decision.
I'd love to see a recommendation engine that intentionally surfaced "similar but different in key ways"