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Re:I created an alternative to the YouTube algorithm to stop... by dancek on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @02:25AM (#25196144)
Our tastes are so different. I'd much rather watch a great video from 2005 than a good one from 2020. I'm irritated by the recommendation algorithms pushing new content. Why would I care whether the video was published last night or last year?
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Re:I created an alternative to the YouTube algorithm to stop... by powerapple on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @04:53AM (#25196941)
Yes, recommendation should be personalized anyway, so you can get videos from 9 years ago and I don't.
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Re:I created an alternative to the YouTube algorithm to stop... by atoav on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @03:05AM (#25196320)
If e.g. you want political thinking in current events than you'd probably value recent videos more.

If you wanna see a great video on some obscure implementation detail of some electronics gear from the soviet era it doesn't really matter if it was uploaded a year ago or 8 years ago.

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