Because for every one person that finds the recommendation system bad there must be ten others that find it so spot on that they spend 8 hours watching and clicking. It's the only explanation that makes sense.
Having your feed full of a thing you've recently watched at least makes sense.
What boggles my mind is videos that have been sitting in my Recommended for a few months now - if I haven't clicked it the first 45 times, I probably won't click it the 46th.
YouTube in 2010 had really cool recommendations. Now it’s just the same old stuff off your watchlist to get you to click ads
This is how people fall down YouTube rabbit holes for hours. This is by design.
Because google decided to prioritise profit above all, so all their services were made to keep you engaged - more searching, more clicking, more viewing, more time wasting....by giving you bad results, forcing you to work for it and stay on their platforms.
I'm not convinced that showing me videos that I won't click is a more profitable strategy than showing me videos that I will click. I think they're just not very good at their job.
Their income depends on the users clicking on ads.
ok, so why don't they suggest things i want to see. that way i would see more ads
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.