Re:YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down
by seydor on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:50PM
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It's also not SHORTS really trying SHORTS to mix its content nicely SHORTS because i seem to find its recommendations boring SHORTS and often can't find videos that SHORTS i know should be there. Maybe SHORTS i should be using bing search to find youtube videos. Yandex also has a nice video search
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Re:YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down
by 411111111111111 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:02PM
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And if you start browsing shorts you're bound to get the same <9 creators ad nauseam with duplicates mixed in all the time.
It's a terrible experience, honestly.
Re:YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down
by sph on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:12PM
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The YT recommendation system is basically "we know what you want to watch better than you do", so it keeps blatantly ignoring any opposite signal.
No, I do not want to watch wedding videos that I've said I'm not interested in at least 50 times. No, there isn't anyone in my household watching wedding videos.
No, I do not want to rewatch a 6 hour long lecture I watched last month.
Yet it just doesn't bloody care. I am truly terrified to click on anything outside my regular comfort zone for fear that that's what I'll be recommended for the next 12 months. Youtube is the worst product I have to keep paying for — I tried going adblock, but good luck if you have Apple devices. I'd rather be held hostage to Youtube Premium than being brainwashed with ads every 5 minutes.