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YouTube kept offering me videos of lockpickinglawyer for months and months despite having no interest in lockpicking or lawyers then one day I finally gave in and watched a half dozen of them and now it’s my entire recommendation feed.


Oh you too? Youtube been shoving his videos at me for the last month or two. The only thing I could think of is that Youtube started data mining a back log of old google searches and got to the mild interest I had in lock picking from like 10 years ago.


I don't think it's that specific... I got them and so did loads of my friends. I think the algorithm just decided that everyone with vaguely nerdy interests will now see lockpickinglawyer.


Makes three of us.

In all fairness, his videos are good and I usually watch them till the end.

I have no interest in picking locks.




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