I have seen people complaining about this for a long time but never experienced it myself until about a week ago: Youtube suggesting videos that is the opposite of what I usually watch.

Kingu

You watch Atheist podcast or call-in show? -> take those church sermons

You listen to Heavy-Metal? -> Try this calming classical music

and so on.

It might seem like it's not a big deal but it's a slippery slope. It make things seems as they are equivalent but they might not be.

If I watch video about astrophysics, will I be proposed Flat-Earth video?

If I watch stuff about medecine, will I be proposed video about homeopathy?

Null

@Kingu@sakurajima.moe that’s interesting. Previously, it felt like YouTube would hyper fixate - if you watched one sermon, it would seemingly recommend sermons for the rest of history, regardless of other metrics. It seemed to sort you into content funnels that were difficult to escape.

I wonder if this is an attempt to mix that up. Presumably, while you’re being recommended Flat Earth, the flat earther is being recommended astrophysics.

I don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing even if it sounds benign; these kind of hueristics are a no-win game to me. I think it’ll just further strain people’s ability to sort reality.

Wandering Adventure Party

I have seen people complaining about this for a long time but never experienced it myself until about a week ago: Youtube suggesting videos that is the opposite of what I usually watch.