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by loveparade 82 days ago
The whole Youtube experience has gotten so bad over the years. I love the youtube content, but I wish I didn't have to deal with the UI/UX and recommendations that the YT app forces on me.

Annoying Shorts. I'm trying to keep my watch history clean to "steer" recommendations, but YT keeps adding things to it that I didn't actually watch just because I happened to hover my mouse over a video, etc.
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owlboy 82 days ago
They see those hovers as attention. And they likely calculate how long you linger. The lingering tells them a lot when you are infinite scrolling on other platforms.

They would love to have full on eye tracking. So the next best thing is a cursor. (Even though I’d agreed with anyone who says it’s a poor signal.)

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macintux 82 days ago
I’m suddenly grateful that I use my iPad, so they can’t use that signal on me.
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dns_snek 82 days ago
They can see how long you stop scrolling, too.
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nonethewiser 81 days ago
Why does opening the youtube app sometimes just go straight into a short?

I mean, i know why it does that. Engagement. But I mean what governs it? Just a percent chance? If you havent watched any shorts in a while?

Definitely another example of the shit UI/UX you speak of.

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