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I was actually thinking this morning that I'd like a similar feature for YouTube. It's recommdation system seems to basically regurgitate the very last thing I watched.

I'd like a button or option to tone down how much a video influences the recommendation. Not ignore since I obviously wanted to watch it but I don't need 500 videos of various scenes in a film just because one popped in my head and I just wanted to see that.

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Although sometimes it throws up an obscure clip with maybe 100k-400k views, something random but strangely delightful that it is funneling attention to. And everyone in the comments is new to it, saying “the algorithm brought me here”. I’ve been fascinated by it. They’re almost like reverent worshippers, “all hail the algorithm”. It’s never content that’s heavily curated, like a personality’s page. It’s always like “summer 2004 raccoon eating a dorito”. It brings us together for this brief moment, guides us like a shepherd for the sheep. Like a God, we have little idea of how or why it does what it does (shows us one piece of content or another). I really enjoy those moments.

Ye gods I miss the days when I could watch "Ben Cooks part 1" and actually have the suggested videos be "Ben Cooks part 2" and "Ben Cooks part 3".

In my experience it would recommend "Ben Cooks part 5" after playing "Ben Cooks part 2", for some reason.

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