‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked on the algorithm (2019)

Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by raverbashing on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @07:20AM (#25516793)

Yes they are. They are the drug pushers of the modern era and the harder the drug the harder it pushes you

Sure, it works fine for "normal" content. That's fine. But for "divisive" stuff it's like having someone trying to push you off road at every moment

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Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by Just1689 on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @07:33AM (#25516893)

Yeah I wonder if in the future we won't see this as a terrible crime (pushing the next dopamine hit to a bunch of addicts) or if humanity needs to evolve to gain much much more self control.

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Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by Bakary on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @10:57AM (#25518907)

I prefer the word dope peddlers, as in dopamine. It's not technically accurate but I like the impression it gives.

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