Thanks for making your hard work available. It is very interesting from a technical point of view. I'm struck by just how huge a challenge this is given the enormous corpus size.
Are you familiar with Joe Edelman's work?[0] He specifically uses YouTube recommendations as an example of many algorithms designed to use the wrong metrics which leads to undesirable outcomes for users.
Have you ever looked into attributing reasons to users' visits? It seems likely that many users aren't looking for general recommendations that blend their entire use of YouTube together but want specialized recommendations linked to why they visited YouTube this time.
Thanks for making your hard work available. It is very interesting from a technical point of view. I'm struck by just how huge a challenge this is given the enormous corpus size.
Are you familiar with Joe Edelman's work?[0] He specifically uses YouTube recommendations as an example of many algorithms designed to use the wrong metrics which leads to undesirable outcomes for users.
Have you ever looked into attributing reasons to users' visits? It seems likely that many users aren't looking for general recommendations that blend their entire use of YouTube together but want specialized recommendations linked to why they visited YouTube this time.
[0] https://medium.com/@edelwax/is-anything-worth-maximizing-d11...