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Comment by chrisseaton | Hacker News Reader

> I don't subscribe to any channels.

Well that’s definitely where you’re going wrong! Subscribing is a strong signal to the algorithm. It’s having to guess otherwise. And at the moment I guess you’re feeding the algorithm with a stream of engagement with all these videos you’re linking to, digging yourself deeper!

Stop engaging with them, and subscribe to content you like instead.

I never get any videos even remotely like this in my feed - I get videos related to things I subscribe to.

You need to give the system some quality input. It isn’t magic. Garbage in garbage out.

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I do subscribe to channels and my feed is also flooded with these scams. (Though usually it is not this bad -- it got much worse starting on the day of SpaceX's Inspiration 4 launch.)

I'm assuming the algorithm is showing them to me because I watch lots of SpaceX and other space videos. The descriptions in these videos are even ripped directly from legit videos that I actually watched!

Nope - I'm not going to start subscribing to channels. Their algorithm has plenty to work with based on my watch history and my spam reports (I've reported every single one of these scams I've come across, usually directly from the recommendations page - not even clicking to watch the video itself).

I'm interested in such a wide range of topics that I prefer recommendations based on individual videos I've watched rather than specific creators/channels. I'm glad you don't get these in your feed, but based on others in this thread, it sounds like I'm not that unique in experiencing the issue.

Your watch history includes these videos. Your spam reports are not part of the algo. Because you clicked on them and watch them long enough they become part of what you engage with.

> Your spam reports are not part of the algo

If you have first-hand knowledge that this is true, then I should inform you that this behavior is a bug in your system.

There's no conceivable way someone would want to see more of something they've flagged. And if you can't tell that kind of video from a legitimate SpaceX video I watch on occasion, then that's another issue.

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