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

Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by wolco2 on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @09:26AM (#25517895)

What's the link?

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Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by scrollaway on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @10:53AM (#25518857)

Just prefix any URL with this exactly: https://web.archive.org/save/

Example: https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

If it's already saved, it'll do a new snapshot, but I believe the archive is smart enough not to duplicate saved youtube videos.

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Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by wintermutestwin on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @12:41PM (#25520017)

I tried this and it keeps saying job failed.

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Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by scrollaway on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @02:17PM (#25521017)

Looks like the Archive is having some trouble today, but it's also getting throttled because the link is getting clicked a lot. the /save/ link will redirect you to a saved snapshot of the page; it basically tells the archive "capture this page right now".

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Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by wolco2 on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @12:59PM (#25520204)

Same issue. Love the concept of saving through a GET link.

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