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Cake day: August 3rd, 2023

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  • Been doing so over and over. The problem is that the recommendation model is pretty basic. You start watching a new channel or new topics, your recos start being mostly about topics related to the new channel/topics.

    If I’m subbed to 200 channels, rarely do I get recos from channels I’ve subbed to early on. As a dev, I would love for the ability to tune what gets shown on the home page.



  • I recently disabled history after getting annoyed about getting bombarded with recommended videos for something I only needed to watch once (e.g. a recipe, or instructions on how to repair something).

    Now my YT homepage is literally stuck with the same videos, even the ones I’ve already watched. Doesn’t matter how many times I refresh.

    YouTube recommendation algorithm is extremely rudimentary, it’s shocking. I really wished that they gave us the ability to tune the recommendation model, or some sort of include exclude filtering.


  • I found Lemmy to be better for my mental health. I recently visited Reddit again to follow on a heated topic since Reddit has more info and news, and found my anxiety levels skyrocket due to the toxicity of comments.

    While Lemmy has less engagement than Reddit, that also leads to a more level-headed community.

    That, and with new Lemmy apps and experiences being developed constantly, I’m liking it here a lot.