Personally, the algorithm works very effectively at stealing my time.
Bikini catwalks, scamming phone scammers, MMA fights, math entertainment, people who build cool shit.
This is of course subjective, but I basically can't open youtube.com without wasting 10 minutes.
If I ever get the idea of going to YouTube for a legit purpose (e.g. finding a conference talk, or listening to music), my brain's first response is "oh no", because I know I have to endure at least ten minutes of entertainment. YouTube's TikTok clone is even worse, but not as good as actual TikTok.
> I basically can't open youtube.com without wasting 10 minutes
It's the opposite for me. These days when I have 10 minutes I open YouTube and there's nothing interesting. It recommends me irrelevant stuff, stuff I've seen already, shorts or trending video crap interspersed in between in case I've suddenly become real interested in the Kardashians and football news.
Bikini catwalks, scamming phone scammers, MMA fights, math entertainment, people who build cool shit.
This is of course subjective, but I basically can't open youtube.com without wasting 10 minutes.
If I ever get the idea of going to YouTube for a legit purpose (e.g. finding a conference talk, or listening to music), my brain's first response is "oh no", because I know I have to endure at least ten minutes of entertainment. YouTube's TikTok clone is even worse, but not as good as actual TikTok.
I can only say it works like drugs.