I’ve noticed that the youtube algorithm on my computer is way better than the algorithm on my phone. It recommends better videos and more interesting videos I’d like to watch. Idk.
Keep in mind, OP. This is r/NoStupidQuestion, not r/NoStupidAnswer . I don’t know why, but it seems like pseudo-experts are LOVING your post.
I tried YouTube music and it was terrible. It kept adding to my playlist that weren’t even anywhere near the music I picked. We’re talking Rap, pop, etc. when I only picked things like 80’s punk, standard rock and roll, blues, etc.
Beyond me how people can even think this. Algorithm works amazing and I’m surprised how it’s so good sometimes. There’s literally never a video in recommendation that doesn’t make sense considering my watching habits. I watch so many different type of videos that sometimes the most daring guesses that algorithm makes aren’t great but even then I instantly see why it offered it and even those failed attempts give me more reason to believe the system works well. I’m not stuck in a loop only watching same videos, there IS attempt to make me click videos from channels I haven’t visited if they somehow align with my interests.
It’s so easy to fix it too, if you went to a wrong rabbithole. Just click you aren’t interested for some videos, and the whole type of video rapidly disappears from the feed. I don’t think I’ve ever had to do the ‘not interested’ click more than once.
I use youtube only on desktop so no idea if recommendations work different on mobile. But I’m not even dreaming of it working better than it is. I guess it’d be nice to aggressively look for more different videos than I am watching as surely I’m missing out on big portions of youtube due to recommendations working too well.
Many people watch the same videos again, specially in case of music videos. Sometimes when I use youtube as my music playlist and play same songs over and over, I’ll get already seen MVs in recommendations often. And I click them. So I’m not surprised why they do that in general. Sometimes the system offers you the same video you just finished watching, that’s a bug in the system I guess but not really a big deal.
I have never had a problem like this ever in my life – and I’ve spent a LOT of my time on Youtube for a LONG time – and it seems like every single people that ever used Youtube are having this problem. Like wtf