I remember when I started using YouTube, their recommendations were excellent. I could get completely lost in each next recommendation and they were nearly allr elated to the content I just watched (and was thus clearly in the mood for).
Nowadays it's hot garbage. I just checked. There's 7 videos in there it's been pushing on me for the better part of the year but I have no interest in. 4 videos I've already watched (and it KNOWS this because it shows the full red bar at the bottom), 3 videos I bailed out of because they were not interesting. How many that are related to the video I just watched? Zero.
The original algorithm was clearly and forcefully replaced by something that was advantageous to YouTube's metric but I'd wager detrimental to the majority of their users. Everything feels dumbed down now and it's clear video's are playing to this new kind of algorithm in attempts to cling to their audience.
Nowadays it's hot garbage. I just checked. There's 7 videos in there it's been pushing on me for the better part of the year but I have no interest in. 4 videos I've already watched (and it KNOWS this because it shows the full red bar at the bottom), 3 videos I bailed out of because they were not interesting. How many that are related to the video I just watched? Zero.
The original algorithm was clearly and forcefully replaced by something that was advantageous to YouTube's metric but I'd wager detrimental to the majority of their users. Everything feels dumbed down now and it's clear video's are playing to this new kind of algorithm in attempts to cling to their audience.