[aeternum]

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.

[rjh29]

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.