Comment on Annoying dark pattern where no means maybe later

• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Your clicks say no, but your algorithm is telling me yes. 😘

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  • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Shit like this is why freetube exists. Subscribe to the channels you want to see, get only those channels!

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  • BurgerBaron@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And is programmed by a far right tech bro programmer or apathetic yes-man who answers to one anyways yup.

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• M137@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve never gotten any right wing recommendation. There’s something you’re watching that makes that recommendation happen.

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    victim blaming, love it

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    • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As someone who also doesn’t get recommended right or far right content, it’s not victim blaming to say that the algorithm thinks they want to watch those kinds of things.

      The algorithm is shit. But there’s something about their activity, when filtered through the algorithm, results in those suggestions. This is just a statement of fact.

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      • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Right, and it has nothing to do with right-wing media groups paying Youtube to promote their content, no matter what

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      • Dragonstaff@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s not necessarily their activity though.

        The algorithm will include one’s demographic, location, the things the people around you watch, and other things.

        People ITT do seem to be taking “something about their activity” more harshly than it was meant. An innocuous video like fly fishing will lead to right wing content.

        Fit me for a tinfoil hat, if you’d like, but I don’t think it’s just about what they think you want to watch. These services are controlled by right wing techbro nut jobs and use their platforms to proselytize.

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      • MotoAsh@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        No, you’re just being an ignorant fuck, and yes, victim blaming.

        All it takes is getting “news” as one of the terms feeding in to it, and you end up with those fucks getting recommended. It has absolutely nothing to do with questionable watch decisions unless you’re such a massive troglodyte that you’d blame someone for clicking on anything remotely correlated with current events.

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      • Arcka@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You gotta love how getting suggested content they don’t like from the recommendation engine means they’re a victim.

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  • poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    These algorithms are not solely based on the things you watch. I believe it’s also based on your location and even close contacts. So if, hypothetically, I live in shithole Trumpistan with my racist uncle and he likes watching Hitler Youth “own the libs” then YouTube will recommend it to me too

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• themaninblack@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Have tried to exterminate Jordan Peterson recommendations for years to no avail.

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• Ghoelian@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Really? I have managed to completely block a few channels from getting recommended, including one I didn’t want to block. Annoying thing is there’s no way to manage these blocks, only remove all of them at once.

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• cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t have this problem on mobile. I use pipepipe and don’t sign in. No shorts. Simple list for subscriptions without signing in. Easily transfers to new phones. No ads.

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  • tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I find the recommendations in pipe pipe are severely lacking though. How do you find new content?

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    • cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ah yes, it’s true. I don’t use recommendations. People send me videos or I see them on here and go from there. Old school.

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