YouTube and YouTube Shorts genuinely have some of the worst content suggestion algorithms I've ever seen. I get video suggestions with 0 views, from random people in Pakistan. YouTube Shorts is completely random past the first video. No matter how many times I give feedback that I don't like the content, it never changes. This is a genuine question, does Google have an actual goal in developing Youtube? Is there a plan for YouTube or is Google just throwing darts and seeing what works? Is the algorithm completely in control of its own destiny or are there MLE's trying to make it better?
Google fell off
It’s all about what maximizes profit, not what you want
How does this maximize profits though? It doesn't suggest videos that are profitable, it suggests garbage that reduces my screen time because I turn it off. It doesn't make any sense?
Either they’re asleep at the wheel or you’re in the minority & their algos are making money in most other cases. Not sure which honestly. I don’t really understand the main philosophy of “you watched this one video, so I’m only going to show you these videos.” Maybe most people have short attention spans and just want to see the same type of stuff for a day or two before switching content
Their recommendation engine sucks. I would be spending all my time in YouTube if it didn’t recommend me the same 5 songs I watch everyday
I actually have a complete opposite experience, I’ve been using Youtube since a long time probably more than 10 years now using one account and I get recommendations down to the dot in what I am interested in and what I like to see, I even talk about it with my friends that the algo is so good. Oh and also the shorts work well for me, it has its own category of recommendations for shorts is what I noticed meaning I get different shorts and videos recommendations which I prefer. Also I don’t know if it matters but I have YT premium for a little over a year now.
I think Spotify sucks more in terms of song recommendation than google in Youtube & Shorts
Youtube Shorts needs to disappear. It sucks so bad. I am using Odysee over Youtube more and more now
Opposite for me, TikTok consistently recommended skimpy girls to me. I uninstalled it about 2 years ago. It felt like it would aggressively push that content down my throat (because I guess that generates the best metrics for the average user). It never learned my interests despite me only following accounts of cute cats and dogs and humor vids. I never at any point searched for skimpy content. No other app recommends that type of content (Instagram, YouTube, Google ads... TikTok was the only one). YouTube always has a vid for me to watch while I eat lunch and dinner. Seems like it learns your interests instead of the TikTok approach of pushing shit down into you and force you to like stuff you aren't interested in.
YouTube search doesn't even show relevant results any more. Might show results related to your keyword for 10 videos then its just random vloggers and high view count click bait
More Ads please…. YouTube amen!
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switch to tiktok brah lol
I hate TikTok's format. I'm just curious why Google can't seem to make any improvements with YouTube.
what u mean by format?