We use all of those signals. We don't turn off entire topics because one of the things that we also get feedback on is make sure that users aren't being inadvertently put into echo chambers or rabbit holes in a way that could happen. My theory is that there are just so many signals that that little bit of input might not actually make as big of a change as people assume when there are so many other things going into the decision of what to recommend next. I think that's really the most important thing which is across our user base, not only do they have kind of immediate controls over sort of how their personalization is working, but long term is the recommendation algorithm doing what it was
The big news last week was that YouTube is finally turning on monetization with YouTube Shorts. Marques sat down with Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan at the YouTuber Creator Summit to discuss all of the details and find out how it works. Then Marques and Andrew break down what it all means before briefly getting into what has been going on at Twitch over the last weeks.
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