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I remember it was about 10 years ago when “recommended” tab became really better than subscriptions feed for me. Now it looks like it is moving in the opposite direction, I find myself cleaning up subscriptions and using it more and more. And almost none of the channels I’m subscribed to spam shorts. Anyone else does this?

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It went to hell in 2019. I remember because it took a lot of search to tell that I'm not alone, and understand why.

Apparently, two kinds of rabbit holes caused suggestions to break: conspiracy theories and elsagate. I also read that it could guide pedophiles to accidentally "relevant" videos of children.

Basically, if you help people find videos the same way ants find food, some undesirable behaviour emerge. You can follow paths that are not intended to be followed, and it can get platforms in hot water.

Yes. I even use the chrome extension 'unhook' which allows you to hide the home tab altogether

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