HACKER Q&A
📣 mr-pink

Why is YouTube's recommendation system so bad?


I watch one Steve jobs video all year, happens to be last week. I don't need 30% of recommendations to be related to Steve Jobs from here on out.


  👤 java-man Accepted Answer ✓
Their income depends on the users clicking on ads.

👤 marysminefnuf
it used to be a ton better but its just optimized now so we are more likely to click on things we see rather than things that are interesting or relevant. they want us to click so we see the ads lol.

👤 al_borland
This is how people fall down YouTube rabbit holes for hours. This is by design.