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Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

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Post by e1ghtSpace » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 4:49 AM UTC

There is also a similar website called http://www.petittube.com/

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

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Post by learnfromstory » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 4:49 AM UTC

I recall being told at one time that the great majority of youtube uploads are never watched even by the person who uploaded them. This fact figures prominently into how they decide to transcode, store, and distribute uploads.

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

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Post by komali2 » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 4:50 AM UTC

bksenior wrote: post #60

Sorry to hijack, but I am trying to find any contact information for the creator. Can anyone help me with that? It's very positive.

Generally speaking, asking for help doxxing someone isn't considered kosher.

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

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Post by komali2 » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 4:52 AM UTC

setr wrote: post #82

gryffin wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Essentially with all that data, YouTube still hold a bad recommendation engine.

I'm currently unaware of any recommendation engine that's worth acknowledging. Netflix, Amazon, Youtube, PornHub, etc... they're all accomplishing little more than "similar to the one, and only one item you last saw", with dramatic shifts in "profiling" from one or two videos. Actually, Netflix acknowledges this and splits the recommendation into "because you watched X..", so at least it covers a greater range (eg la…

The only one I think is good is when I build radio stations off custom playlists on Google play music. Generally speaking, most of the songs are good, and like 40% will get added to the playlist as well.

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

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Post by miguelmota » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 4:56 AM UTC

e1ghtSpace wrote: post #91

There is also a similar website called http://www.petittube.com/

Not a good name, at first glance 'petite tube' sounded like a porn site.

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

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Post by hanniabu » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 5:01 AM UTC

kennywinker wrote: post #20

mncharity wrote: post #12

I'd like a back button, so the stream pause/resume isn't such a high cognitive load high-stakes high-regret "oh, that looks ... drat, too late" decision. Or perhaps a fade transition?

Left-arrow key goes back to the previous video, right arrow key takes you forward. Not sure if there’s an option for mobile.

For anybody else that thought this doesn't work, you need to first select the circle pause button at the bottom to put the controls in "focus"

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

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Post by pjc50 » Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 5:01 AM UTC

gryffin wrote: post #44

licebmi__at__ wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some like me actually appreciate the youtube recomendations based on the previously watched content, but need to be extra careful when watching some kind of content that is likely to be weighted a lot by "power users". Example, I do not follow videogames, but I do enjoy watching speedruns of old games ocassionally, so I need to watch it on incognito mode so I won't have my recommendations flooded with videogame video…

Essentially with all that data, YouTube still hold a bad recommendation engine.

On this subject, clicking through to some of these videos in incognito gave me what I guess must be the "default" suggestions - which included not just beauty tips spam but far-right speakers and loyalist marches in Belfast. I'm guessing the latter is related to the date but it's not something I'd expect to be the default! Watching even one video then made it more normal, even when trying to generate recommendations based on the no view videos.