YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study on recommendations

Re:YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study o... by treeman79 on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @08:56PM (#32919751)

Mine will not give up on family guy. Hundreds of dis likes. Don’t recommend.

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Re:YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study o... by Consultant32452 on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @10:22PM (#32920198)

AI: Oh, showing /u/treeman79 some Family Guy videos increases their engagement, MOAR FAMILY GUY!!!111oneoneone

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Re:YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study o... by joseda-hg on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @01:40AM (#32921181)

I've had this, I take a couple extra seconds to specifically say don't recommend me anything from this channel, and then my suggestions get bombarded with that style from videos from different channels

The most blatant was a specific "Get robux" video that appeared constantly on my feed from dozens of different channels but that triggered this extra engagement in the form of blocking, reporting and disliing

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Re:YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study o... by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @11:32PM (#32920559)

I assume that's exactly it, why else would companies do this sort of thing, or are all media companies inept.

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Re:YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study o... by Consultant32452 on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @11:50PM (#32920656)

The AI found me and downvoted. If I never post again you know what happened!

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Re:YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study o... by towaway15463 on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @07:11AM (#32923386)

I’m pretty sure it’s exactly this, just time spent on page no matter what you’re doing even if it is scrolling past dozens of recommended videos trying to find something half decent.

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Re:YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study o... by xani_ on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @07:42AM (#32923633)

"he just keeps watching and engaging with content, let's give him more!"

Click triple dot thingy on recommendations and select "not interested"

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Re:YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study o... by treeman79 on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @04:43PM (#32931276)

I do. Constantly. It doesn’t care.

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