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by jamesfmilne 2829 days ago
The initial page it showed me was a trainwreck of absolute garbage.

I think they need to go and work on their sums a bit more.

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Because people watch absolute garbage. There's no algorithmic solution to that.
there is an alogorithmic solution - it's the one youtube uses for their trending page, which is subjectively far superior to this "objective" and "fair" listing.
Do you think the Youtube trending page isn't hand-polished?
There is. After logging in and liking dozens of videos, their algorithm will come up with some pretty decent recommendations, in my experience.
>I think they need to go and work on their sums a bit more.

What does this mean? Are you saying Youtube needs to improve, Fair Trending needs to improve, or the viewers need to improve?