Comment on Am I the only one who's "shorts" feed is all basically softcore porn?

mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Bell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s alot I could argue with but maybe the best answer I have is: why just the shorts? The rest of my YouTube feed kinda sucks but it isn’t porn or titillating at all.

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  • xnx@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Theyre separate algorithms so its prolly the only type of shorts youve clicked or hovered over for a some time

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    • Bell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s the thing, I think I’ve watched maybe 2 shorts ever, pretty sure they were not like these or at least only mildly sexy

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      • Monument@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        But it’s Google, so they know your browsing history and have you in a “bucket” for what their metrics think will drive engagement from you. (Or they don’t know enough about you and just think boobs will get you intersted, because sex sells.)

        Meh. We’re all human. If Google thinks you like thirst traps, whatevs. Pretty ladies are pretty ladies.
        But if you don’t want to see it, you can probably use feedback tools to change what they show you.

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• Z4rK@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well that’s just not how recommendation algorithms work. A part of it will be content based, directly related to what the user can be associated with.

  However, the largest part is collaboration based filtering of content. That means, our user is put in a group based on his other preferences, assume nerdy tech stuff, and then is shown content that he has not liked yet his group of peers has, meaning he could probably like it too.

  In other words - he’s not the one in fault here, YOU are. Please everyone stop clicking on this stuff so that OP don’t have to be associated with your filthy behavior, thank you.

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  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    that’s just not how recommendation algorithms work

    I didn't say anything about how they work -- only that it shows you stuff it thinks you will like. You're disagreeing with that?

    However, the largest part is collaboration based filtering of content. That means, our user is put in a group based on his other preferences, let’s assume nerdy tech stuff, and then is shown content that he has not liked yet but his group of peers has, meaning he could probably like it too.

    Yes, based on other user patterns and how it categorizes him, it thinks he could probably like soft core porn too. That is, in fact, how it works. Glad we agree.

    In other words - he’s not the one in fault here, YOU are

    Please, could everyone here stop clicking on this stuff so that OP don’t have to be associated with your filthy behavior, thank you.

    So it's perfectly realistic that everyone could be clicking on soft core porn to feed the algorithm these ideas, except that OP couldn't possibly be clicking on it, I guess for reasons?

    Dude how could you write this hostile and condescending message when I actually made a specific point to highlight the exact point you're making ("It's not to say you're watching lots of soft core porn") in my message? If a little more succinctly.

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    • Z4rK@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I had hoped that my last sentence showed my post was clearly in jest. Neither hostility nor condescension was applied.

      In fact, the avid reader might catch that I have implied myself in the group of people causing OP’s annoying trouble with light-clothed females since I too am here - presumably a tech nerd like OP and meddling with the algorithms affecting him by clicking on unsavory content.

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      • mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ooooh

        Yeah I totally missed it. My apologies.

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• Assman@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve gotten sexualized ads in my work Gmail which I only use for work emails and nothing else. Pretty sure step one of Google’s algorithms is “is man? Show titty”

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