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Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by vl on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @06:15PM (#25523392)
No, it turns that if you optimize for immediate watch time, people watch a lot at once and then didn’t return. It’s more profitable if people watch a little bit everyday for the rest of their life.
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