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Previous episode Explore vs exploit: why your feed shows videos you never asked for

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Feedback loops: why a video feed shows more and more of the same

You watch a few videos of one kind. A week later, your feed shows almost only that kind. You never asked for so much. Why does a feed show more and more of the same?

  1. 1 On your first day, 3 videos out of 10 were pottery. A week later, 8.day 1day 7example numbers

    On your first day, 3 videos out of 10 were pottery. A week later, 8.

  2. 2 Your taste did not change that much in a week. Something else did, and you never touched a setting.youI like pottery.Not that much.

    Your taste did not change that much in a week. Something else did, and you never touched a setting.

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