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YouTube now suggests new content by colour (szmer.info)

submitted 9 months ago by nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 13 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Youtube seems to base my suggestions on shoots wall of videos with a shotgun style of recommendations.

I do everything in my power to stop Google from tracking me, but when I'm watching youtube videos on youtube, it should be able to gifure itself out.

And "don't recommend this video to me, I don't like it" does nothing. Just to see how long it will keep this up, I keep telling it I don't want to see let's play videos of star trek online. But it sure wants me to see them, dozens of them, daily, sometimes recommending the same video I already told it not to.

And its really been pushing me to watch right-wing conspiracy videos and flat earth videos after whatever I just purposefully clicked on, despite most of my content views being future Sci fi with either apocalyptic levels of devastation on galactic scales, or "post-scarcity utopia where energy is virtually limitless and energy/matter manipulation is easy peasy, usually liberally peppered with anti-capitalist and progressive themes"

And of course "female leads bad because feeeemale".

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

YouTube constantly suggests right wing side of things. Watch a video about Captain Marvel/Brie Larsen once? Get bombarded by YouTube shorts on why she is killing the MCU. Watch something about Star Wars? Get shorts on Gina Carano talking about "woke" Disney. Doesn't matter that the political commentators that I subscribe to are progressive. Although I will admit to likely being at fault because those shorts tend to have more scantily clad versions of the characters and I am certain I look at them a split second longer while scrolling because boobs.

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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So this is the pattern of the typical youtube consumer, mindless browsing?

[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 8 points 9 months ago

Unironically, yes it is.

[–] Rooki@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But why tho? To know your favorite color now?

[–] Shazbot@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

My guess is search for toddlers, whose parents handed them a phone to keep busy while they rest or do something else. They're the only demographic that does not know how to spell, or knows too few words to search effectively. But considering the American education system this could also apply to students who are illiterate despite completing the grade every year.

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago

Who asked for this?

[–] DingoBilly@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Seems great for giving more options for people who want this. I know a few neurodiverse people who would love something like this.

Just because it doesn't work for you doesn't mean it's bad.

[–] elgordio@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Seems like an interesting spin on what is basically ’random’. Probably a decent way to get content in front of users that might be outside their normal recommendations.

Is it some essential new feature, no, it’s just a bit of fun to find some new content.

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It seems like a feature that should be implemented April 1,and April 1 alone, and is tone-deaf to the actual problems on the platform.

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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

I have questions

[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago

This would've been a great idea as a comedy sketch

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

Colorblind people be like: https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/027/424/joke.jpg

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I just want the videos i've subscribed for to actually show up in my sub feed. That's really it, man.

People are Google are being paid upwards of 200-300k a year to do this. It's a prime example of doing something just to fulfill your quota on the kanban board

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Would someone please tell YouTube that gradients are not colors.

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