
Recommendations play key role in maintaining a responsible platform: YouTube
The Hindu
With ‘recommendations’ driving a significant amount of the overall viewership on YouTube, even more than channel subscriptions or search, the company leverages its recommendation system to limit low-q
With ‘recommendations’ driving a significant amount of the overall viewership on YouTube, even more than channel subscriptions or search, the company leverages its recommendation system to limit low-quality content from being widely viewed, a senior YouTube executive said.
“Today, Recommendations drive a significant amount of the overall viewership on YouTube, even more than channel subscriptions or search. And, we are thinking about it in a responsible way,” Cristos Goodrow, VP – Engineering, YouTube, said on Wednesday.
“Our goal is to help connect viewers to high-quality information by minimising the chances of them seeing problematic content. Our goal is to have views of borderline content from recommendations below 0.5% of overall views on YouTube,” he added.