> Part of the reason they're horrible is because people don't have consistent interests. I might be interested in raunchy content right now, but I won't be a few hours later. What determines whether I'm interested in the former is outside of the control of these algorithms
I don't think that matters at all. People don't complain that they're getting recommendations that would have been great if they had come in an hour/day earlier or later. When you get a recommendation like that, you consider it a good recommendation.
Instead, they complain that they're getting recommendations for awful content that they wouldn't choose to watch under any circumstances.
I think it matters a lot, because that "awful content" is popular enough that others watch it. People can watch and read things they swear they would never be interested in, but this only happens sometimes. The algorithm taking cues from that is itself a discouraging factor on clicking on them.
I don't think that matters at all. People don't complain that they're getting recommendations that would have been great if they had come in an hour/day earlier or later. When you get a recommendation like that, you consider it a good recommendation.
Instead, they complain that they're getting recommendations for awful content that they wouldn't choose to watch under any circumstances.