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[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago

And just like that Youtube becomes slightly less bearable again.

[-] DampSquid@feddit.uk 22 points 1 day ago

Its been a long time since YouTube was bearable

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago

Youtube's algorithm is very good at showing you videos similar to what you've watched previously. If you watch dross, you'll get more dross.

[-] vaguerant@fedia.io 12 points 1 day ago

I do wonder whether the algorithm understands sarcasm. A while back, I watched a video about some movie bombing, something objectively bad like Morbius, and they joked that the movie wasn't actually failing for all of the obvious reasons, but because it was "too woke". They didn't really believe that, they were just making fun of people who say that about movies. Still, for the next couple of weeks I had to keep marking channels as "Don't recommend" because they were all unironic right-wing rage-bait about the woke agenda. I don't know for certain that that's why I suddenly got all those recommendations, but that was my best guess.

[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm certain that video probably got a lot of likes from folks who didn't get the irony which is probably why the algorithm associated you watching it with that crowd. (Also I'm really sus about the whole "joking about being a hateful prick" industry, but I'll assume your assessment is spot on here.)

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I suspect that's the answer. You look at the comments on here on something that is an obvious joke, like the one on linked in lunatics about someone changing their occupation to "inmate at prison".

There were some utterly unhinged comments from people not realising the person was making a joke at their own expense.

[-] DampSquid@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

How did you know i'm a dross-lover!?!

[-] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago

..or you can just keep watching videos from human creators like you have done so far. If the content you're consuming is already the kind that's difficult to tell from AI in the first place then not much will change.

[-] basmati@lemmus.org 4 points 1 day ago

That defeats the entire purpose of YouTube and other algorithm-based content discovery and publishing services.

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 2 points 18 hours ago

Not really? I've never gone to Youtube for the content it tries to shove on me on the homepage. I always went straight to the subscription page... And now on my invidious instance, that's the primary loaded page. I still only go to "trending" and "for you" once in a blue moon.

[-] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 5 points 1 day ago

Personally, I watch the channels from the creators I like and slowly grow my channels through their recommendations. My bookmark goes straight to the subscription page and have uBlock filters for all the unwanted recommendations.

I couldn't stand having an algorithm decide what I watch.

[-] AstralPath@lemmy.ca -1 points 16 hours ago

Youtube's only value to you is its algorithm? Man if all you do is consume what is force-fed to you... You do you, I guess. 😬

[-] basmati@lemmus.org 1 points 6 hours ago

Content discovery is indeed YouTubes only value, otherwise you'd just watch content on a better platform dedicated to the creator you wanted to watch like their patreon

[-] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago
[-] basmati@lemmus.org 3 points 1 day ago

Only watching videos from creators you already watch.

this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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