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For me I got recommended a video "How to pronounce COCK in British English" - and I didn't actually watch any learning english related video before and never watched any videos on that channel - It was just so weird how it appeared in my recommended...

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[โ€“] justlookingfordragon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An otomatone cover of an Evanescence song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmxLja-DRIw

I didn't even know what an otomatone was before watching that video, and I have no idea why youtube recommended it to me as this isn't exactly my favorite music genre, but I have to admit that it is kinda cool nonetheless.

The second weirdest thing youtube did was recommend my own videos to me, like "here, watch your own sh*t again you nerd!" ... I feel like there should be some sort of programming that prevents this useless behaviour. That algorythm is bonkers sometimes.

[โ€“] jaamesbaxterr@lemmy.ninja 2 points 1 year ago

That was an amazing cover. Lol