#by 'big-hop' I mean the videos the logic identifies as a small-time break-out hit - a vid you usually wouldn't find but do like | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

novelistparty · 1 year ago

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youtube recommendations are very short-term sticky. If you deep-dive on a topic the algorithm logic will pin you as a certain kind of guy. But unfortunately it will then happily start showing you all the other stuff that that certain kind of guy might like. And most of the time, no. ewww. no.

So then you have to retrain it a little and head off to other mutually-exclusive topics so that you can keep the parts of the recommendations you like and stay far, far, far, away from the stuff you don't like. Freshen up the recommendations, shake out the dust and bugs

#I hope the yt algorithm people are enjoying the terrible wealth they receive for increasing 'engagement' even by a tenth of a percent #it would be kinda wild to browse the network graph of interests and see the emergent big-hop videos for various groups #by 'big-hop' I mean the videos the logic identifies as a small-time break-out hit - a vid you usually wouldn't find but do like #the ones that 'unlock' new areas of interest - leading to more subscriptions and views and more time on yt #and see what they've decided to do with vids and channels you watch once and don't really return to even though it maybe changed your life #stuff you definitely care a LOT about but won't lead to a steady stream of views #I once heard that big celebs can go to the ig office and see a more in-depth report about how people engage with their content #definitely a thing bc they have to have that rich analysis so they can make things more sticky #see the rankings of in-house categories - maybe stuff like “most likely to be immediately shared” and “share most widely”#or “longest streak of sharing” or “most rewatched” or “most likely to get people to leave yt for a while”#“high view count but also very dead-end”#“video with most scrubbing” “vid with most downloads” “vid watched over multiple days”#“entry points to watching a long series of videos”#“channels that people binge catch-up”#“vids most paused in a way that suggests following along with the instructions”#“vid with most local area permeation”#stepping-stone instructional videos where people move on to different topics after watching it #I should go to bed but I feel like I need a break from work - like a sabbatical - but not likely so i protest and stay up #my blog #youtube

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