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Eddie Murphy, Rick James, and Youtube

Rex Hite

Never had I ever concerned myself with the music of Rick James or Eddie Murphy's song, 'Party All The Time'.

But a couple of days ago that song was playing through one of my staff's Spotify account on her computer quite loudly.  I have big speakers in my shop because we tend to like our music loud. She was also discussing Eddie and Rick and their relationship and how they collaborated in the 80s. Then that evening on YouTube.com in my browser, on the top row, is a suggestion to watch a clip of Eddie Murphy on a talk show discussing Rick James.

 

Coincidence? Was my staff prompted to play the tune because Eddie and Rick have been in the news lately and that meant Youtube also featured it?

Did I have YouTube.com on my browser at the same time and somehow through the shop's switch, router and modem this information was sent to YouTube or Google and resulted in a suggestion some time later?

Is my headphone's tiny built-in microphone listening in on all the ambient sounds and reporting back, through some kind of song and voice recognition?

 

 

 

 

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Who knows, algorythms could be pushing them through to people just like some can verify they have the same crap in their youtube feed.

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I'd chalk it up to chance. As said above the algorithm may be pushing it for some reason and there is a high chance you paid special attention to seeing that video simply because your staff was playing that song and discussing that topic. Of course the issue is that there is no control where we can study how your day would have gone had those two things not happened.

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Gawd I hated that song when it came out and Murphy was annoyingly everywhere. 

 

Rick James had some good tunes.

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I was thinking about a specific YouTube channel the other day. I haven't watched any videos from that channel in maybe 2-3 years. I didn't say anything out loud, I didn't search for it, I didn't even look up anything related to it. Yet, it popped up on my home page later in the day.

 

Is goggle reading my freaking mind now?

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Youtube and google keep serving me ads about importing a russian bride and making my penis larger, plus there is all the porn.  I swear I don't look that stuff up 🤥.

Grammar and spelling is not indicative of intelligence/knowledge.  Not having the same opinion does not always mean lack of understanding.  

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