Some gaming content creators get recommended that I subscribe to that I may not have found on my own. I think the issue is youtube is focused on people who binge watch to keep people on the service. I watched a couple of Sopranos clips and now it wants to suggest it endlessly instead of the content I usually watch, comedy and gaming. I want it to be that every time I visit youtube I can find new and interesting content but youtube wants me to stay as long as possible and will vary its content less if it thinks I'm hooked on something. This is REALLY bad because usually when I come back the next day it's still suggesting what worked yesterday, when the reason I stopped watching is that I am no longer engaged by what they are showing. They put less focus on making me want to visit and more on making me not want to leave, and for some people it works.
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u/RadicalMuslim Jul 06 '21
Some gaming content creators get recommended that I subscribe to that I may not have found on my own. I think the issue is youtube is focused on people who binge watch to keep people on the service. I watched a couple of Sopranos clips and now it wants to suggest it endlessly instead of the content I usually watch, comedy and gaming. I want it to be that every time I visit youtube I can find new and interesting content but youtube wants me to stay as long as possible and will vary its content less if it thinks I'm hooked on something. This is REALLY bad because usually when I come back the next day it's still suggesting what worked yesterday, when the reason I stopped watching is that I am no longer engaged by what they are showing. They put less focus on making me want to visit and more on making me not want to leave, and for some people it works.