YouTube algorithm is a drug | Andrew Callaghan and Lex Fridman

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Guest bio: Andrew Callaghan is the host of Channel 5 on CZcams, where he does street interviews with fascinating humans at the edges of society, the so-called vagrants, vagabonds, runaways, outlaws, from QAnon adherents to Phish heads to O Block residents and much more.

[@iN_O_O_B_Y]

I get recommended the same 100 videos over and over again this algorithm sucks for the power users and is good for the light users

[@wildeninja2836]

You have to constantly be looking at new searches otherwise it will lol

[@duncancallahan]

Very much agree

[@maymayman0]

Glad I'm not the only one!! Even going to "new to you" shows me videos I've watched, or things they've recommended to me 1000 times before

[@nonenone51]

use the "not interested" option!

[@KoldAsHell]

I get recommended only 30 second videos and I'm never interested in any of them. I never had this problem in 2009 wtf happened youtube??

[@12Cooper]

The algorithm is a piece of sht. I really dig clever, informative, crafty stuff but the repetitive bs I get everyday is ridiculous.

[@Some_who_call_me_Tiim]

I had to triple read the title because I thought "yt algorithm is on drugs" thinking it was about how dysfunctional it is.

[@MrProphecy]

If you don’t like it here you could search for something else 😂

[@bo2839]

0:17 CZcams isnt the only drug 😂

[@A-fn6pc]

Yeah, it's like you watch one different video from what you would normally and boom, it's all that gets recommended. Very rarely do I get recommended new or different videos. In order to find something new, you have to actively seek it out.
Thanks YT for recommending this video, lol.

[@ether23-23]

It used to be so much better

[@Timrsnakess]

It’s the reason I block ads, if they actually did this right I’d have no problem contributing to revenue, never have I once made a purchase because of a CZcams ad, I’m more likely not to purchase

[@skaraborgcraft]

Being a self employed creator, you go from being the boss of yourself to having 500,000 people telling you want they want. Its a recipe for madness. Best not to give a crap. Its just numbers on a computer screen........

[@rpgcinema7916]

Tell me about it I went from a traditional job to being a freelance translator. Instead of 1 boss I had multiple client bosses.

[@kenmandu4499]

My feed sucks anymore.

[@thelukeewan7602]

Just go into your history and erase the ones with subjects you are no longer interested in watching.

[@RealMTBAddict]

I looked up annoying loud upstairs neighbors and now my feed is filled with random people complaining about upstairs neighbors and 2 hour videos of construction noise 😂😂😂

[@jrich5682]

Think it’s called “gameification” and it can be used to help unmotivated people do more.

[@MadAtGasCar]

Can you write a chrome extension that hides CZcams shorts? Serious question

[@Thomas-ot5ei]

Of course

[@utaharnold9589]

I’ve looked for it I hate that you can’t disable them my CZcams experience have gotten much worse since I’ve been getting sucked down that rabbit hole

[@tommcneill6292]

Two of the real ones meet. Great episode

[@bo2839]

0:17 CZcams isnt the only drug 😂

[@ForceOfChaos1776]

Sup lex. Thanks for

[@clydenolet736]

Personal responsibility is just that.

[@infinidominion]

Lately i been trying send them feedback complaining the hell outta the way the algorithm works here, its so busted

[@aka_MrDurden]

You’re one of my doc 🫡

[@Archimedeeez]

turn history off

[@infinidominion]

We end up missing so damn much because the algorithm is so bogus 😂

[@mamandapanda185]

You are a codependent avatar without a sense of self, at a certain point, if you create 'content'. This happens on all social media to varying degrees. I have two channels, one for consuming triggering things and another for growing. And I still spend wayyyyy to much time on the trigger channel because of the addiction cycle and tendency toward catastrophic thinking. At lest I'm self aware, I guess.

[@jcenergy2493]

CZcams algorithm fkn sucks..... watch one video, then nothing but that same crap. They rarely recommend anything new I'm actually into watching..
It's trash. Imho

[@mcorleone77]

too much of anything can be a drug

[@starshipdriver8536]

Algorithm spoils everything

[@Juancamilopelaezmusica]

Posers are really exposed when they are next to down to earth people.

[@user-bt2dd4hj6e]

What an irony watching this using the algorithm lol

[@AP-dk9xt]

These guys are talking to themselves.

[@gregsvlogshow]

I can't even imagine getting 1m views in one day let alone at all on one video.

[@MrProphecy]

We’re all here because of a drug 😂 great!

[@bgul4000]

Delete your history frequently

[@packet.zach88]

Ironic that this is Lex's job.
To keep people addicted to this drug.