[danhds]

I think it works as it should work. The problem here is the amount of content and how they're evaluating which video to recommend next. If these systems are showing things you'll likely spend more time with rather than useful things or things you'll enjoy the most, then I agree, it's got a fair share of anti-recommendation.

[eimrine]

I suppose they do not have any metrics except what the user is actually seing. When I have understood this I have stopped watching some kind of videos I do not want to be spammed with in future. Also the following trick really helps to enhance the recommendation: watch these [1] videos in silent mode not for the sake of watching per se but for the sake of persuading the Algorythm that I am a science geek and not a tiktok teenager.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=youtube.com