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chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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- chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  This isn’t at all what I implied. I really don’t understand the hostility here.
  
  It shouldn’t be controversial to say that Google is trying to suggest videos to you it thinks you’ll watch. Their whole goal is to keep you watching as long as possible.
  
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- PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  My theory is that if YouTube profiles people as likely 18-45 yr old male, then they shove right wing propaganda down your throat even if you don’t align with it in any other way based on subscriptions/search history/etc.
  
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  - Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I’m right in that age range and never see apt right stuff, but I have a lot of subscriptions and my account is over a decade old 🤷 I also watch a lot leftist media lol
    
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  - snooggums@piefed.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I'm 48 and have never seen that right wing bullshit. Guess I just never tripped across whatever criteria is it beyond just age.
    
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Arcka@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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MotoAsh@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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