News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:An odd discovery on Spotify by wldcordeiro on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:44AM (#32565648)
The Youtube algorithm bothers me a lot because they have the subscribe system but as soon as you do subscribe to a channel that channel basically disappears off the recommendations/front page.
Re:An odd discovery on Spotify by folkrav on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:04AM (#32565930)
I literally ignore the front page 99% of the time and just go to https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions
Re:An odd discovery on Spotify by philsnow on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:29AM (#32566358)
This is also the only way I can make sense of twitter, skip the 'feed' or whatever it's called[0] and go right to my curated lists.

[0] as an aside, I only just made the connection that 'feed' is likely an abbreviation of 'newsfeed' but also brings a strong and stark connotation that I'm livestock to be fed

Re:An odd discovery on Spotify by folkrav on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @12:11PM (#32567080)
Funny, maybe it's a language thing (French speaking) but to me the first thing that comes to mind when speaking about feeds is "RSS", so I genuinely never made the connection.
Re:An odd discovery on Spotify by thyrsus on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @06:10PM (#32572258)
It probably is: English has "eat" vs. "feed", German has "essen" vs. "fressen", but duckduckgo.com translates both to French "manger".
Re:An odd discovery on Spotify by folkrav on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @09:00PM (#32573749)
Interesting. I'd have translated "feed" to "nourrir", not "manger", but they're loosely synonyms.
Re:An odd discovery on Spotify by whycombinetor on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:58AM (#32565855)
Just opened youtube.com and 6/8 of the videos on the top section of my front page are from channels I'm subscribed to. That happens for me every time. Sorry your subscribe button doesn't work.