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Re:“User Engagement” Is Code for “Addiction” by slothtrop on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @02:38PM (#26157827)
Just yesterday I got recommendations for Sky News, some preacher, and conspiracy clips. All it took was to watch a couple of music videos with several million views. This is what the algorithm is shoveling to people.

One evening of video surfing and you'll practically trip over them. I have no idea how it is one could never notice this stuff. I clear cookies and have no account.

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Re:“User Engagement” Is Code for “Addiction” by ohdannyboy on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @02:56PM (#26158033)
Interesting. I do look at related videos so it's not about noticing anything... We clearly have different experiences.

The difference I see is that I have an account with subscriptions and years of activity data. I guess the algorithm knows I don't click on that stuff so they stopped trying to show it to me. I'm very surprised to learn they are giving users these recommendations by default.

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