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Re: Show HN: I Built a Site That Curates Weird YouTube Rabbit Holes Daily

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Post by viraptor »

omoikane wrote: post #9

Under "animals being weird"[1] there is a "Cats Playing with WiFi Pet Toys"[2] tag, which contained various videos about toys but no cats[3][4][5]. [1] https://yourabbit.com/categories/weird-animals/page/1 [2] https://yourabbit.com/rabbit-holes/cats-playing-with-wifi-pe... [3] "7 Craziest 3D Prints I Own" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwPQbuArLRU [4] "The 2-in-1 Miraculous Hero Switch Ladybug doll is giving superhe…

There's lots of misclassified stuff... I wonder if it's a bug or the curation was AI going wrong.

Re: Show HN: I Built a Site That Curates Weird YouTube Rabbit Holes Daily

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Post by kuberwastaken »

viraptor wrote: post #11
omoikane wrote: post #9

Under "animals being weird"[1] there is a "Cats Playing with WiFi Pet Toys"[2] tag, which contained various videos about toys but no cats[3][4][5]. [1] https://yourabbit.com/categories/weird-animals/page/1 [2] https://yourabbit.com/rabbit-holes/cats-playing-with-wifi-pe... [3] "7 Craziest 3D Prints I Own" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwPQbuArLRU [4] "The 2-in-1 Miraculous Hero Switch Ladybug doll is giving superhe…

There's lots of misclassified stuff... I wonder if it's a bug or the curation was AI going wrong.

Most likely the latter

Re: Show HN: I Built a Site That Curates Weird YouTube Rabbit Holes Daily

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Post by bas_sen »

omoikane wrote: post #9

Under "animals being weird"[1] there is a "Cats Playing with WiFi Pet Toys"[2] tag, which contained various videos about toys but no cats[3][4][5]. [1] https://yourabbit.com/categories/weird-animals/page/1 [2] https://yourabbit.com/rabbit-holes/cats-playing-with-wifi-pe... [3] "7 Craziest 3D Prints I Own" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwPQbuArLRU [4] "The 2-in-1 Miraculous Hero Switch Ladybug doll is giving superhe…

Yikes thank you for catching that, and you're totally right. That rabbit hole + a few others slipped through during a test batch when I was experimenting with video selection rules + titles. I'm working on improving the filters and adding a quality pass before publishing to avoid these misclassifications. Appreciate you pointing it out, fixing it now!

Re: Show HN: I Built a Site That Curates Weird YouTube Rabbit Holes Daily

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Post by bas_sen »

epiccoleman wrote: post #8

I really like the idea in principle - the site looks nice too. But overall I can't help but feel like this is something I just wouldn't use. There is a bit too much pop culture and "fluff" looking content at a first glance. That might be fine as far as "weird YouTube rabbit holes" goes, but I guess what I was hoping to find might be a little more esoteric and not so much "oh, some celebrity I've never heard of did co…

Thanks for this, genuinely one of the most helpful comments I've gotten so far.

You totally nailed a few things I’ve been thinking through:

I do want to strike a better balance between fun/pop content and deeper, weirder, more esoteric rabbit holes.

The homepage might be too overwhelming or “shallow” feeling. I’ll experiment with highlighting fewer, deeper themes first.

And I love the Substack-style idea. I’ve actually started writing mini-intros for editor's selected rabbit holes, and I think a “Weekly Deep Dive” feature would be a great way to make the curation feel more personal and deliberate.

Really appreciate the thoughtful feedback, this is exactly the kind of thing that helps me improve.

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Post by yunwal »

All of the physics videos from today seem to have ai generated women in low-cut tops in the thumbnail. It’s not giving me confidence in the quality.

I like the idea for the site but I don’t believe you when you say it’s not algorithm generated.

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