Subj : Re: YouTube (Sixel) For BBSes
To   : The Godfather
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed May 13 2026 02:11 pm

TG>  MP> It seems to have figured out that I like Hannah Fry and Amy Shira Titel
TG>  MP> (sp?).  Lately, when I open the YT app on my phone, about 50% of the
TG>  MP> time it will automatically play a video from one of them without me
TG>  MP> searching for or clicking on one.  
TG> 
TG> Haha .. yeah this likely is the one time I don't mind AI being predictive; at least it's showing me good content.  However I still don't get the "shorts .." I'm always getting a brunette farmer in overalls and nothing else, doing stupid stuff for a few seconds .. I don't like farmers, nor brunettes .. At least it's not end of the world garbage though.
TG> 

YT likes to push shorts because most younger people don't have the attention span to interact with longer-form content.  A couple of creators I follow have complained about that because it has made it more difficult to get longer-form content monetized.  One of them started doing shorts to complement their longer videos, and the other (whose videos were usually under 5 minutes anyways) started posting their existing content as shorts.

TG>  MP> One is a redhead and the other a brunette, but they both talk science so
TG>  MP> maybe that is my thing.  :D
TG> 
TG> Hehe .. I think the algo must review (something unrelated (science, computers, camping, etc..)) we watch, predicts we are guys, then starts feeding the AI Cinemax style videos in our feed...
TG> 

So far, those are not the ones they auto-feed to me on YT.  Some of them do show up to be selected, though.  Facebook, OTOH, always pushes that style of video at me.  ;)


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