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Re:Mozilla project exposes YouTube's recommendation 'bubbles' by Barrin92 on Friday July 17, 2020 @06:15AM (#23869034)
why do you think it's a good thing that you're in an entertainment bubble? The same criticism that applies to a news bubble applies to entertainment as well, it narrows people's scope.

Maybe if youtube did not keep you in an etertainment bubble you would find much more music you unexpectedly enjoy from artists or genres you haven't heard of.

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Re:Mozilla project exposes YouTube's recommendation 'bubbles' by emilecantin on Friday July 17, 2020 @08:27AM (#23869748)
> why do you think it's a good thing that you're in an entertainment bubble?

For example, when I'm in the mood to watch sailing videos, I don't want to get bombarded with Taylor Swift's latest concert (which I have absolutely no interest in) in the recommendations. My interests don't necessarily align with what's "popular", and anything bubble-less will necessarily have the popularity of something as one of its inputs.

Compare that with news, where some events are important enough that _everyone_ should know about them (COVID-19, for example), local events affect you more, etc. There, the bubble is a hindrance to your situation awareness.

As for music, I mostly use Google Play Music for that, through which I have discovered a lot of new artists.

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