[bityard]

The YouTube recommendation algorithm is terrible. I _wish_ it simply recommended videos that are similar to ones you've watched recently. But it doesn't do that. Not even close.

What it _actually_ does is build a demographic profile of each user based on the videos you watch and tries to lump you into a stereotype and then recommends videos that other people in that stereotype watch. I hope the engineers/managers at Google don't try to fool themselves into believing they are "woke" because this is one of the most un-woke things I can think of.

For instance, if I start watching woodworking and motorcycle repair videos (just two of my MANY hobbies), YouTube decides I am a retired rural conservative christian conspiracy theorist, when in fact I am none of those things. I start getting video recommendations of gun reviews, Fox News clips, religious debates, and suchlike.

Oh yes, and girls in bikinis jumping on trampolines. I mean, I am not exactly against the _concept_ of girls in bikinis jumping on trampolines as such, but it's not something I've ever searched for or even watched videos of. But more importantly, it's not the kind of thing I prefer to have pop up on my phone or computer screen when a friend or family member is nearby.