This just adds to the general uselessness of the recommendation feature - I've seen that video five times, it's good but could you offer me something else?
Nevertheless, the whistleblower is telling us that _your experience_ has less of an impact on the recommendation engine than anti-social obsessives.
Another gripe I have is that for creators who run multiple channels (and don't get out of their way to cross-promote), it is often very easy to not realise this until you manually check out their upload page and realise you missed out a lot of their content, all while the recommendation engine pushes the same couple of videos I have already watched over and over again.
The only occasion things clicked for me is when I was researching the Pitcairn island. For a few days there was a drip feed of obscure but highly relevant videos that keyword search failed to pick up. One day the stream stopped suddenly and has never returned since.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtPhq1N-uNfUHiPDnwxqImg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcDzxOd6Q6OLvBYNH2q98EQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5NO8MgTQKHAWXp6z8Xl7yQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6x7GwJxuoABSosgVXDYtTw
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWXEQsK3UiHszjwgGN5HUeQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9RM-iSvTu1uPJb8X5yp3EQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCivA7_KLKWo43tFcCkFvydw
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6mIxFTvXkWQVEHPsEdflzQ
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu37IhZOWNoPDFdyk98rc4g
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0rRUsMDlJ1meYAQ6_37Dw
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu6mSoMNzHQiBIOCkHUa2Aw
That being said, yeah the recommendation feature is just terrible
The recommendation engine is awful for me. It doesn't make me want to spend time on YouTube. It's amazing that at the same time it seems to learn how to get people addicted.
I think YouTube have gone too far the other way.