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Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition) by dysoco on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @07:54PM (#34075265)
Funny that for me it works exactly the opposite; I'm subscribed to a lot of channels that upload many videos that don't interest me, however youtube's algorithm is pretty spot-on with videos that I will be very interested in watching, whether they come from channels I'm subscribed to, or not.
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Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition) by KiranRao0 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @11:51AM (#34083080)
You're describing the advantage and disadvantage of the YouTube recommendation algorithm. It's really effective at recommending videos I'd be interested in/would click on.

However it's so good that it'll easily burn hours of my time I'd otherwise spend doing something more fulfilling.

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