TheirTube – How do the recommended videos look on their Youtube home page?

Re:TheirTube – How do the recommended videos look on their Y... by jeffbee on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @04:00PM (#23990928)

What is the YouTube homepage even for? Why does anyone ever see it?

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Re:TheirTube – How do the recommended videos look on their Y... by hombre_fatal on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @04:49PM (#23991446)

Same reason you see Netflix's homepage.

When logged in, Youtube.com shows you a mix of new videos from creators you watch and related/recommended videos in the effort to provide you something you will probably want to watch. So I go there when I'm in the mood to watch something, perhaps while eating dinner.

And it works. If you want to see how ineffective it would be just looking at a list of popular videos, view the horror that is the trending tab.

https://www.youtube.com/feed/trending

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Re:TheirTube – How do the recommended videos look on their Y... by jeffbee on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @05:29PM (#23991793)

I guess I just don't ever use YouTube that way. People embed videos in their blogs or on Twitter, and that's where I see them.

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Re:TheirTube – How do the recommended videos look on their Y... by techntoke on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @04:04PM (#23990964)

This is a great question and something I've often wondered. Most of what I see after deleting recommendations, likes/dislikes, and subscriptions is just click bait. If I put something on that is educational for my kids, next thing I know it is recommending vile content to them. Where do those suggestions and recommendations actually come from?

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