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NCC1701DEngage

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About NCC1701DEngage

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Recent public activity

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    Comment #33011556

    I'm working on a team to build alternative YouTube recommendations. You can search a channel to get a list of similar channels. Our list for Asianometry includes the Asia Society's…

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    Comment #32944160

    People here recommend like to recommend mCoding. Our alternative YouTube recommendation algorithm can suggest dozens of similar channels to mCoding which also focus on python progr…

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    Comment #32926630

    >As a user of them, I make sure to use multiple engines You may be interested in our alternative YouTube recommendations. Search a channel to find a list of other channels making s…

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    Comment #32831891

    >Terrible recommendations. YouTube has the same problem. Whoever is leading recs is doing a terrible job. This is exactly why I am working on a team to build alternative YouTube re…

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    Comment #32743933

    YouTube is definitely doing curation of "viral" videos to introduce novelty into their recommendations. They've gotten so conservative that the usual algorithm can't fully satisfy …

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    Comment #32742093

    They are definitely doing this again. They have become so risk-averse in their algorithm that they have to curate "random" videos to stimulate users' needs for novelty. This video …

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    Comment #32691842

    >It's the dreaded "more of the same shit" algorithm This problem of not-enough-novelty in YouTube's recommendations is exactly why I am working on a team to develop alternative You…

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    Comment #32683338

    >at the same time, youtube is really bad at exposing you to new channels that you would enjoy. they bombard you with similar videos ("here's 15 more toilet seat review videos for y…

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    Comment #32671207

    Have you seen NightHawkInLight: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFtc3XdXgLFwhlDajMGK69w LaserSaber: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIKzUKkh7XtnSYPW0AJb-9w or StyroPyro: https://…

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    Comment #32651654

    I am on a team working on alternative YouTube recommendations and I discovered Yannic Kilcher and Machine Learning Street Talk off the list of channel recommendations for Two Minut…

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    Comment #32641179

    I actually found his channel with the alternative YouTube recommendations database I'm working on. He was one of the top links off the list for Y Combinator's channel. The list for…

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    Comment #32640718

    >An airline or UPS can absolutely say “we don’t like the contents of what you are shipping so we refuse to transport it”. Cf.: >An important legal requirement for common carrier as…

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    Comment #32640347

    Social media should be considered common carriers, like telephone companies, delivery services, or transportation services. An airline or UPS cannot just say "We don't like your po…

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    Comment #32601018

    Good suggestion and noted. Thanks!

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    Comment #32597404

    >Who stops people from running their own search engines? This is basically the reason my team and I are building an alternative set of YouTube recommendations. You can check them o…

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    Comment #32597137

    I'm working on a team to make alternative YouTube recommendations. Here is our list of similar channels for Not Just Bikes which includes dozens of urban design and transit channel…

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    Comment #32573077

    >Happens to me a lot on Youtube too - you watch just one thing - and now your recommendations are full of things like that one thing. Or Facebook/Youtube, somehow: I watched a sing…

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    Comment #32517788

    How has Yannic Kilcher not been mentioned yet? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZHmQk67mSJgfCCTn7xBfew I discovered him on Two Minute Papers' similar channel list on the alternati…

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    Comment #32492755

    >YouTube also has volumes of content, most of which barely gets seen, while they have a massive user base that is regularly unsatisfied with recommendations they get... >YouTube is…

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    Comment #32487867

    It is pretty obvious as a creator. The analytics available encourage experimentation. You find that mentioning subscribing or making a more visually engaging thumbnail will signifi…

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    Comment #32403647

    Just put out an update on the database to correct the missing icons. As channels change icons the old links go dead. Should be back to near 100% icon coverage now. As far as "eleme…

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    Comment #32383236

    Give it a reload. Google App Engine is giving random problems and an immediate reload will almost always solve the issue. If anyone has any advice on this issue I'd love to hear it…

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    Comment #32381640

    Surprised Quanta and Sean Carroll aren't on this list.

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    Comment #32381533

    You watch The Angry Astronaut? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQvhpTBJRgMAXXzHHzJr7hg

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    Comment #32381495

    Lex Fridman definitely has a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSHZKyawb77ixDdsGog4iWA He even has a clip channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJIfeSCssxSC_Dhc…