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Don't ruin my recommendations

by fumblebee on 1/18/23, 1:06 PM with 1 comments

  • by KMnO4 on 1/18/23, 1:20 PM

    Whenever I see systems that work so adversarially to my wishes, I stop to wonder why they were built like that.

    And generally I find the explanation is simple: they are effective on the majority of people.

    I agree, watching one Mr. Beast video doesn’t mean I want to binge watch all the rest, but how many people are unlike me?

    I would bet that over 50% of people who have seen one Mr. Beast video have seen >1. Very few people watch one and quit. And pleasing those people is probably high on the priority list, since if I can get them to impulse watch videos, how likely is it I can get them to impulse buy products? Probably more than yourself.