Deep Neural Networks for YouTube Recommendations [pdf] (opens in new tab)

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8 pointsonhacker1y ago4 comments

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Note that the YT recommender has changed a lot since then.

Anecdotally? I wonder why, I'm assuming it's in response to spam, since it seems worse to me.

Lots of reasons, but big ones were they were stung by the political extremism claims so now it tries to steer you away from anything extreme.

looks useful, I'm going to take time to read that

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gwern1y ago

Note that the YT recommender has changed a lot since then.

Anecdotally? I wonder why, I'm assuming it's in response to spam, since it seems worse to me.

gwern1y ago

Lots of reasons, but big ones were they were stung by the political extremism claims so now it tries to steer you away from anything extreme.

looks useful, I'm going to take time to read that

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse