I think recommendation algorithms and advertising are separate things, however think with defaults and when it comes to what specific data is collected, where do you draw the line? Absolutely no recommendations at all based on an algorithm? Would you say using your ‘like’ history to recommend you more videos is okay? What about watch history, or save history?

Same question can also be asked about where you draw the line on advertising. Just say Youtube showed ads purely based on your video like history, would that be creepy?

I think we can all draw the line at location history, how long you linger on a post, etc. I’d like to know your thoughts on where you’d draw the line for both advertising and content recommendations. (This is two questions)

Sorry that this post is horribly formatted. I’m tired, acoustic and had a shower thought 😝

  • Em Adespoton
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    6 months ago

    If recommendations are being provided to me as a service and the algorithm that goes into it is relatively transparent, I have no issues.

    If advertising is based on the value an advertiser sees in the product being advertised, I have no problem.

    If I’m the product being sold or an ad distribution network is involved, I’ve got a problem.