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[–] emokidforever@lemmy.world 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Agreed, but more privacy aware options is not a bad thing.

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[–] induna_crewneck@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Have you looked at a fresh YouTube frontpage without being logged in and no cookies and/or history? Sure privacy is nice and important but I don't know if it's worth it.

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[–] theoretiker@feddit.de 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I'm always saddened that the default suggestions are borderline right-esoteric videos at least when my IP is a German one. Although it's similar for Polish IPs

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[–] emokidforever@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I don't want to be the one to use it, but it's fair enough that some might. There's no harm in having both options.

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[–] induna_crewneck@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Fair. It would be nice if the algorithm was a bit more customizable (i.e. only counting likes, not watchtime, comments, etc)

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[–] emokidforever@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

That would be fantastic. Sometimes I want to watch what people send me, but not continue receiving the same kind of content, since it's unrelated to my personal interests.

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[–] induna_crewneck@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Exactly. Or you come across something that you watch despite not wanting to, like a car accident (metaphor, not literal).

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[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I mean, if youtube would just provide me with the latest videos of my subs and from there the generic related video recommendations it would be better than it currently is.

Youtube used to be amazing to discover music in the same genres. Now it just suggests, what i already now, rarely every giving me the chance to get something new.

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[–] induna_crewneck@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

The subbox is for your subscriptions and the frontpage is what the algorithm suggests to you and for me it's mostly stuff that's relevant to me. Or at least stuff where I can see why an algorithm would think it'd be relevant to me.

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[–] misk@lemm.ee [S] 8 points 3 years ago

Yeah, their algo is fun most of the time but it's easy to fall into a bubble and detach from reality. It's also quite transparent how often you're subjected to annoying A/B testing. I'm glad this is happening because it gives users ability to see general view and get more control over their experience.