Comment on Discovery is the original sin of the modern ageparentComments−0823498723498722yTo put it more baldly:Your matching problem is: what are the videos I would most like to watchYoutube's matching problem is: what are the most lucrative videos which the modal user will still watchConsider the limiting case: if people were willing to watch ads without any content in between, YT would happily serve them exactly that.
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To put it more baldly:
Your matching problem is: what are the videos I would most like to watch
Youtube's matching problem is: what are the most lucrative videos which the modal user will still watch
Consider the limiting case: if people were willing to watch ads without any content in between, YT would happily serve them exactly that.