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Re:Mozilla project exposes YouTube's recommendation 'bubbles' by jlbnjmn on Thursday July 16, 2020 @12:51PM (#23860868)
Two different recommendation engines. One optimizes for depth, the other for breadth. Combined results in the feed for a well balanced diet of content.
Re:Mozilla project exposes YouTube's recommendation 'bubbles' by Emendo on Thursday July 16, 2020 @05:04PM (#23863796)
To make it even better for customers, Youtube could break the different types of content from the recommendation engines, instead of blending everything together under one list in a way that resembles a slot machine.