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The trouble with this is you will never stumble onto something you had no idea you liked.
For instance, I'm not a fan of metal music or folk music. If there was a gatekeeper I would have never heard Mongolian metal band The HU.
https://youtu.be/jM8dCGIm6yc
I mean ironically "the algorithm" is this but with curating instead creating content and people talk about being surprised all the time.
Most models introduce a little bit of randomness or boundary pushing precisely for the reason you mentioned
I think of it this way.
I read people talking about the huge differences in styles between 2024 and 2000 and how everything changed.
Then I look at the styles in 1960 and 1984 and see really big changes.
The algorithm is going to err on the side of what I've already liked. It's not going to jump in with something totally off the wall.
Yes and no right? Again randomness or "temperature" is pretty standard
"The same thing every day" is likely to appeal to few.
The echo chamber effect or honestly the worse effect showing just the worst of people you disagree with, is a real issue though. Kind of an effect of selection bias though too