On: An odd discovery on Spotify

[wldcordeiro]

The Youtube algorithm bothers me a lot because they have the subscribe system but as soon as you do subscribe to a channel that channel basically disappears off the recommendations/front page.

[folkrav → wldcordeiro]

I literally ignore the front page 99% of the time and just go to https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions

[philsnow → folkrav]

This is also the only way I can make sense of twitter, skip the 'feed' or whatever it's called[0] and go right to my curated lists.

[0] as an aside, I only just made the connection that 'feed' is likely an abbreviation of 'newsfeed' but also brings a strong and stark connotation that I'm livestock to be fed

[folkrav → philsnow]

Funny, maybe it's a language thing (French speaking) but to me the first thing that comes to mind when speaking about feeds is "RSS", so I genuinely never made the connection.

[thyrsus → folkrav]

It probably is: English has "eat" vs. "feed", German has "essen" vs. "fressen", but duckduckgo.com translates both to French "manger".

[folkrav → thyrsus]

Interesting. I'd have translated "feed" to "nourrir", not "manger", but they're loosely synonyms.

[whycombinetor → wldcordeiro]

Just opened youtube.com and 6/8 of the videos on the top section of my front page are from channels I'm subscribed to. That happens for me every time. Sorry your subscribe button doesn't work.