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I absolutely loathe youtube's suggestion stream. It is clearly designed to be exploitative of children's media-illiteracy. Clickbait, misleading and outright d
by alexc05 9y ago
I absolutely loathe youtube's suggestion stream. It is clearly designed to be exploitative of children's media-illiteracy.
Clickbait, misleading and outright deception in the headlines and thumbnails. For lack of a better term "trend-whoring" (a couple weeks back, a number of the video game streams suddenly had fidget spinners in all their thumnails)
I'm planning (hoping) on becoming a parent in a couple years, and it makes me really appreciate the regulations imposed on television regulators. Or the trust I'd have subscribing to a paid content service.
Youtube's suggested content feed often feels like dredging through bottom feeding sludge. And that's as an adult! I couldn't imagine subjecting children to that.
I often feel that way about AMP suggestions on my phone, though it isn't quite as bad, it sometimes goes really crazy.
I'm happy to read the rest of the parent-comments in this thread though, I'd love to hear what the rest of you with a bit more experience do.
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