Re:Show HN: Learning app using Educational YouTube videos
by kirill5pol on Friday January 26, 2024 @05:59PM
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Yeah it’s not ideal yet the suggestions under each category I just YouTube’s own category labels so often it didn’t give the best results, but it’s something I’m working on!
Re:Show HN: Learning app using Educational YouTube videos
by dotancohen on Friday January 26, 2024 @07:14PM
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Perhaps allow the user to integrate with his YouTube history? Does YouTube have an API for that?
Re:Show HN: Learning app using Educational YouTube videos
by dotancohen on Friday January 26, 2024 @07:12PM
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Perhaps log the videos that users upload and suggest the most common ones?
Re:Show HN: Learning app using Educational YouTube videos
by kirill5pol on Friday January 26, 2024 @07:55PM
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Yep planning on doing that but didn't have enough videos uploaded to "fill up" the categories before posting the Show HN, so I just scripted some stuff based on the YouTube suggestions from some YouTube channels I watch.
One of my future plans is to actually train a BERT model to limit the video suggestions to something that actually is useful instead of clickbait... I have 2 different accounts on YouTube just so watching random videos on 1 won't pollute the suggestions from the other
For example, under 'Physics', we have "The big lie about carbon capture', 'Why (toilet) flushing isn't for everyone', 'The scientific basis for miracles', etc.