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Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by thelastwave on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @01:22PM (#25520422)
> open the site in incognito and go to the "trending" tab.

I just tried that and all of the top trending videos were something called "My Best Friends" followed by a long scroll of NBA videos.

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Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by rsync on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @01:36PM (#25520571)
Yes - I had the exact same experience - lots of "best friends" content and then NBA video.

I watched one of the NBA videos so, touché, youtube.

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