+0.20 YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study on recommendations (www.engadget.com)
544 points by dredmorbius 1258 days ago | 418 comments on HN | Mild positive ~lite vlite-1.4
Summary ~lite Algorithmic Transparency Acknowledges
Article discusses study on YouTube's recommendation algorithm and its impact on user experience
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Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 2 evals
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2026-02-28 10:46 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.20) - -
2026-02-28 10:46 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.20 (Mild positive)
reasoning
ED, slightly critical of YouTube's algorithm
2026-02-28 10:46 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 10:39 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 10:39 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.20) - -
2026-02-28 10:39 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.20 (Mild positive)
reasoning
Tech news with slight rights lean
2026-02-26 06:56 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study on recommendations - -
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2026-02-26 06:07 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works according to new study on recommendations - -
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