The algorithm finally found something it can't optimize: irony.
YouTube algorithm can't tell hate-watching from fandom
Ryan Whittaker's YouTube recommendations are now all 2000s boybands after he binge-watched them ironically to mock them. The algorithm can't tell hate-watching from genuine fandom, so it serves him Blue, Westlife, and Busted. He now fears Nickelback will appear, and his last cleanse took eight months after a drunken Tommy Robinson search.
Source: YouTube algorithm can't tell hate-watching from fandom — The Daily Mash
A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Sep 7, 2026.
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