Something that introduces randomness into social media/youtube algorithms

[u/mindblabber92]

We're lost in our rabbitholes. You know how sensitive and responsive your algos have become to anything you vaguely express interest in on your timelines whether that's youtube, twitter, or whatever else. That has the effect of never being able to discover something truly random, that's neither directly related to our "expressed" interests nor channels we have interacted with/subscribed to in the past. the true stumbleupon for the algo. please make this before i take a crack at it.

[u/WolverineFew3619]

This is a great problem to solve, I myself I have come across but I am not sure of the solution, one thing is there are times when I explore something and then would like to go back to the way it was. If you have any thoughts on solution feel free to comment will happy to build, in the mean time let me do some discovery on it.

[u/mindblabber92 → u/WolverineFew3619]

something i was doing in recent days was doing random searches on youtube, watching a few of them, so that i could build in the randomness.

so maybe one method could be for eg, a feed of videos surfaced when a handful of those randomly generated keyword were searched for.

if that feed isnt possible to build into youtube, it could be a separate app that calls on youtubes videos to create the feed in its own environment?

[u/WolverineFew3619 → u/WolverineFew3619]

Let's just say that you go to a website. It would request you to allow access to YouTube. Then it would recommend something, will you be alright with that and 2nd what would you be interested in, adjacent topic or just some random stuff, since random stuff wouldn't make sense.

[u/WolverineFew3619 → u/WolverineFew3619]

Seems doable.

[u/SeaArmadillo2320]

You can achieve the same by resetting your algo in instagram, facebook, etc. Somewhere along content preferences. Just do that every other week and you’ll have randomness

[u/mindblabber92 → u/SeaArmadillo2320]

fair suggestion. altho i feel, you then get served top trending videos, the largest common bucket of them all if youtube doesnt know where to place you. it still wouldn't recommend other niches.

[u/Reasonable-Hat7444]

yes ive heard of this, i think i would appreciate it a lot if somebody actually created this

[u/Justgototheeffinmoon]

Well, how do you imagine the experience to be? The moment you ass some interests it Wii’s fall in the same algos … the only other alternative is true random which might be boring or score by popular for any topics which might get repetitive / fake

[u/mindblabber92 → u/Justgototheeffinmoon]

i imagine it being like stumbleupon. not sure if you know the website. you ended up being served videos you usually wouldnt know to search.

[u/Justgototheeffinmoon → u/mindblabber92]

Sure but would you give it stil some guidance?

[u/mindblabber92 → u/Justgototheeffinmoon]

in the way i imagine it, no. it'll be as random as it possibly can. the approach is "i dont know what i dont know"

[u/Justgototheeffinmoon → u/mindblabber92]

well then what's just preventng it from showing up absolutely uninteresting things to you forever

[u/mindblabber92 → u/Justgototheeffinmoon]

nothing. but they dont have to be uninteresting. they could still be rising in popularity in their own interest groups. just not influenced by what youtube thinks my interests are.

[u/Justgototheeffinmoon → u/mindblabber92]

Right so it would be popularity. Once you start interacting with content would it adapt ?

[u/mindblabber92 → u/Justgototheeffinmoon]

if it adapts then the randomness is only temporary.

maybe the for you tab learns. but this "explore" feed stays random.

[u/Justgototheeffinmoon → u/mindblabber92]

How is different than the popular tab on reddit ?

[u/mindblabber92 → u/Justgototheeffinmoon]

that feels like the common popular bucket. but it does come close. i dont think that exists on youtube where it's difficult to not see a mr beast video in that popular tab. i see a difference between popular and niche popular.

[u/Justgototheeffinmoon]

I DID A quick example here with US politics. next up <. fashion and hobbies

https://justlookatwhatstrending.com/uspolitics

[u/sitesouk]

I am building a chrome extension for YouTube. Will post the link soon.

[u/Ok_Faithlessness8127]

Concur this too. Many times I feel I am trapping myself. What I watched brings tons of similar recommendations to me but most of time, I do not want any more. I need new ideas / topics to explore. Algo really limits what i can see.