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by rjh29 1154 days ago
> I was resistant to the view that YouTube could host "decent" instructional content for a long time.

There is SO much good content on there though. I can only guess "the algorithm" was hiding it from you. Sadly we often have to rely on sites like reddit or HN to find these creators.
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VBprogrammer 1154 days ago
While we're at it. Ben Eater is the equivalent for Computer / Electronics fundamentals. Check him out of you haven't before.
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aeternum 1153 days ago
the algorithm is actually quite good but you need to give it signal. Most people prefer entertaining videos over educational videos. If that's what you tend to click, that's what it will show you.

Entertaining is hard to resist, so just create a second account and curate the history of one of them.

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rjh29 1153 days ago
It's good for me too, but it took a very long time to train it to stop giving me 'YouTube face' videos, clickbait bullshit, Linus Tech Tips, politics, Amber Heard etc. And it still sometimes serves that up if there's a new topic.

I also find my feed doesn't change that much, so the downside of being picky is that you might miss out on some good content.

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