Lamron
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Post by Lamron on May 11, 2021 9:37:42 GMT -5
Ever have YouTube make a recommendation for something seemingly completely unrelated to your viewing history, and it actually turns out to be interesting? Does YouTube's AI actually know me better than I know myself?
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RedRock
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Post by RedRock on May 14, 2021 21:50:32 GMT -5
Ever have YouTube make a recommendation for something seemingly completely unrelated to your viewing history, and it actually turns out to be interesting? Does YouTube's AI actually know me better than I know myself? Were you signed in to google when this "recommendation" was made for you? Do you stay signed in to google (either on Youtube or gmail)? I can't say I've ever been offered a strange "just for you" video, but if I'm signed in and watch a video or search, the next time I go to the youtube home page, more and more of those videos pop up. So I always clear my cache and browsing history and then sign out of google/youtube and then clear my cache and browsing history again, and after that, I get more generic, less focused videos on the youtube home page. |
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Lamron
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Post by Lamron on May 16, 2021 23:47:28 GMT -5
I stay logged into YouTube all the time. I subscribe to a bunch of channels, so they all show up first on the page.
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