I wish that these platforms had better options for having multiple DIFFERENT algorithms that would be easy to switch between. I think this is specifically referencing Tik Tok, which I’ve never used myself, but it applies to things like YouTube too.
Sometimes I want to go down a rabbit hole of music, gerting fed content about musical equipment or videos from new bands that might interest me, or talking about music theory. Sometimes it’s crafting- woodworking, metal working, 3D printing. Sometimes it’s information about TV or movies or videogames or books. Sometimes I want to dive into history or engineering.
All of these very different watching “moods” are using the same account with the same algorithm. And maybe you could argue for making multiple accounts and switching, but that seems like a pain. And while I don’t pay them, if I did then the multiple different accounts would be an issue.
I’ve really appreciated Lemmy features, although some might just be specific to the Connect app. Its very easy and simple to have different accounts, usually on different instances, that I switch for different things. It’s easy to set up a “multi” to group similar communities together into one feed. I wish all the apps for media consumption were like that.
I don’t know about other platforms but removing watched videos from your watch history on YouTube alters what’s recommended. So if you search and purge all videos on a certain topics, videos about that topic are far less likely to come up as recommended.
It becomes like hygiene. Watched a video about AI? Go remove it from your watch history. Too many true crime videos coming up? Delete all crime related videos from your watch history.
I try to limit mine to short animation and science/DIY videos.
I appreciate that, but I’m not trying to avoid videos. I mean that at different times I want to watch different things. Something on in the background while I work, something to watch while I’m working out, something to sit down on the couch on my living room tv and direct all of my attention to.
So I don’t want to be constantly making permanent changes to my account, but rather switch between different… Sub-accounts maybe? Profiles? Different customizable feeds?
I wish that these platforms had better options for having multiple DIFFERENT algorithms that would be easy to switch between. I think this is specifically referencing Tik Tok, which I’ve never used myself, but it applies to things like YouTube too.
Sometimes I want to go down a rabbit hole of music, gerting fed content about musical equipment or videos from new bands that might interest me, or talking about music theory. Sometimes it’s crafting- woodworking, metal working, 3D printing. Sometimes it’s information about TV or movies or videogames or books. Sometimes I want to dive into history or engineering.
All of these very different watching “moods” are using the same account with the same algorithm. And maybe you could argue for making multiple accounts and switching, but that seems like a pain. And while I don’t pay them, if I did then the multiple different accounts would be an issue.
I’ve really appreciated Lemmy features, although some might just be specific to the Connect app. Its very easy and simple to have different accounts, usually on different instances, that I switch for different things. It’s easy to set up a “multi” to group similar communities together into one feed. I wish all the apps for media consumption were like that.
I don’t know about other platforms but removing watched videos from your watch history on YouTube alters what’s recommended. So if you search and purge all videos on a certain topics, videos about that topic are far less likely to come up as recommended.
It becomes like hygiene. Watched a video about AI? Go remove it from your watch history. Too many true crime videos coming up? Delete all crime related videos from your watch history.
I try to limit mine to short animation and science/DIY videos.
I appreciate that, but I’m not trying to avoid videos. I mean that at different times I want to watch different things. Something on in the background while I work, something to watch while I’m working out, something to sit down on the couch on my living room tv and direct all of my attention to.
So I don’t want to be constantly making permanent changes to my account, but rather switch between different… Sub-accounts maybe? Profiles? Different customizable feeds?