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from the Why-is-it-you-can-"regret"-but-cannot-just-"gret"? dept.
Mozilla is trying to shame YouTube into doing more to fix its numerous recommendation algorithm issues, many of which can lead users down dangerous content spirals.
With a new social media campaign called #YouTubeRegrets, Mozilla is asking people to submit their own experiences of falling down the recommendation rabbit hole, and discuss how they got from point A to point B. Everything is done through a Google Doc, which includes a little more information about the project.
"Once, at 2 a.m., you searched YouTube for 'Did aliens build Stonehenge?' Ever since, your YouTube recommendations have been a mess: Roswell, wormholes, Illuminati," Mozilla writes. "YouTube's recommendation engine can lead users down bizarre rabbit holes — and they're not always harmless."
If, somehow, you find insufficient distraction on YouTube, check out this oldie-but-goodie 19 Wikipedia Pages That'll Send You Into A Week-Long Wikihole. It's exactly what's on the tin; highly recommended. Unless you have too much to do; in that case do NOT go there.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Friday September 13 2019, @08:13PM (1 child)
I can always tell when I am not logged in to YouTube. If the feed is filled with random crazy bullshit, pop singers, and promos for network TV... I am not logged in.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 13 2019, @08:54PM
Not logged in and no browser history, you mean. It does recommendations based on watch history, probably stored in cookies. I get relevant recommendations even on systems I don't log in on.