Technology

The problem is youribe can only have one page of information and that has to be the front page offering old, new, expected and unexpected content in one easy to view list.

You know what would happen if they had a second list that only showed your subscribed content? Literally no one would click on it and everyone would complain it doesn't exist, they proved this in a test where they had that exact feature on every single person's page since they started but here we still are people complaining that their subscriptions don't always show up on the fyp (algo page)

From what I understand this is just the recommended feed so it wouldn't affect searching for specific stuff, or binging a channel's backlog.

And frankly speaking this should be a default feature. All too often the algorithm thinks "oh you watched this one video let me drown you in that shit at the expense of everything else".

The whole thing meshes well with what we know from child/youth psychology, btw: Agency makes all the difference, whether they're seeking information, or are (in currentyear), doomscrolling it. One tends to involve critical engagement, the other is an osmosis sponge.

Oh. Speaking of youtube fitness channels, here's a good one. And another one. Like, especially if you haven't done anything in a while, just watch this.

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So where is the line drawn? What about the teens who want to lookup how to do an exercise correctly without getting injured?

From the article:

The platform will still allow 13- to 17-year-olds to view the videos, but its algorithms will not push young users down related content “rabbit holes” afterwards.

It’s YouTube, there is no line, just a vague squiggle that you can cross without any warning.

There are so many reasons to be glad not to have kids. Live it up, friend.

That is the reason why you're glad you don't have kids? Because if you did you wouldn't be able to control what information they receive?