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canetoad

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4. The YouTube algorithm

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2026, 12:20 AM

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Doesn't know when to stop. It wants you to watch the same stuff over and over again. Sometimes I open links in private tabs so the algorithm leaves me alone. This is a real thing.

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