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Re:Afraid to Google a thing because I don't want the algorit... by beforeolives on Saturday May 08, 2021 @07:07AM (#27085999)
This will kind of clean up your current recommendations but it doesn't reset the recommendation algorithm like it used to. The algorithm still retains memory of your past behaviour.

For example if I consistently listen to 3 unrelated songs [A B C] on youtube together, the algorithm will regularly recommend them to me (because of my unique behaviour, not because they're similar). If I reset my history and then listen to song A, then B and C get immediately recommended even though they aren't similar to A and they don't exist in my listening history which means that the information about my listening/browsing habits is still there in the recommendation model.

Re:Afraid to Google a thing because I don't want the algorit... by TchoBeer on Saturday May 08, 2021 @06:52PM (#27091529)
If you turn off watch history is basically only suggests stuff based on subscriptions which is much better imo and I never need the history feature anyway.