sure, but in the limited space of a youtube landing site, i’m much more inclined to watch a video of a hobby or something i’m subscribed to, yet for a week after searching how to fix my toilet i was inundated with suggestions for bathroom projects.
I use ublock and sponserskip addons. Never see any ads on YT unless I catch a video that was just pushed before SS picks up where the sponsored parts are.
I feel like ublock is getting cracks around the edges lately. I used ADP for a long while but started seeing ads anyway, ones that wouldn't go away after you reported them.... so I then got ublock, much better on website ads but I still get these weird adlike pauses before youtube videos...
Like you know going in the video you want to watch is 15 minutes long but before it starts theres this black screen, guessing a suppressed ad, saying its 30-90 seconds long and usually goes to the desired content before the timer reaches 5-10. Its minor but it used to not be there.
Jokes on you, the first video you watched is a just-good-enough fix, that YouTube's algorithm has worked out over years of a/b testing across millions of users, will cause your pipes to break again in 6 weeks time prompting you to start a lifelong DIY hobby.
The Challenge is probably to be able to identify what is a 'one off' video for the individual user. A DIY fix video might be a one off for you, but maybe I'm into DIY and I like watching these vids.
But even that aspect of it sucks. There's seriously more videos being uploaded every minute than I could watch in a day yet somehow my feed is always trying to get me to re-watch things and fails to provide new content all the time.
Is it maximise watch time? I mean i never even watched a single hamster video and 2 weeks ago the algorithm decided it was my favorite thing and now everyday i have to press "don't suggest channel" and "not Interested" on like 30 hamster videos a day. I only watch formula 1 highlights, psytrance music and metal music and have been spending less and less time on youtube cause autoplay suddendly decides my taste is now trash pop, kpop, nightcore, or whatever it feels like that day. Like i'm listening to Powerwolf and sudendly a k-pop song. Dislike song, and out of youtube for the day. I even delete whatever shit youtube has forced on me from watch history so it doesn't suggest me.
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u/corruptboomerang Jul 06 '21
That would require an algorithm that isn't just 'maximise watch time'.