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There's a simple solution. If YouTube recommends a video you're not interested in, click on the three dots to the right of the video and select 'Not Interested'

There's a simple solution. If YouTube recommends a video you're not interested in, click on the three dots to the right of the video and select 'Not Interested'. It then gets removed from your recommendations. Occasionally I've had to do it more than once for it to stop recommending similar videos, but otherwise I can confirm that the YouTube algorithms quickly get the message.

pjc50 9y ago
The problem is not videos being recommended to me, it's other people being radicalised by the videos they are suggested.
- ZenoArrow 9y ago
  We should all take personal responsibility for the media we consume. It's not up to Google to shield people from less nuanced political views just in case we take them too literally.
ewok 9y ago
I like the article,l and the first thing I thought was the same as you; To manually help the recommendations algo by assigning 'not interested' tags BUT leaving this as standard routine for billions of users is not a effective option and has indeed measureable affects on society while misusing human behavior to collect money from advertisers. As it boils down again in the root of the money system behavior, to manipulate and collect money. It is not intended to do so. I like the article to just acknowledge the fact as status quo. Understanding the system means to deliberate from it in the first place before asking how anything can achieve a better purpose for society in general. On a deeper level I guess it's even more about the understanding how our subconscious mind is modeled in society and how we unconscious select information in our daily activities. I mean the whole mass and every individual itself.
- ZenoArrow 9y ago
  I'd suggest the main challenge is in breaking out of echo chambers. It's healthy to engage with people you (respectfully) disagree with. Not doing so can easily lead to misinformation being spread amongst like-minded people.

pjc50 9y ago

The problem is not videos being recommended to me, it's other people being radicalised by the videos they are suggested.

ZenoArrow 9y ago
We should all take personal responsibility for the media we consume. It's not up to Google to shield people from less nuanced political views just in case we take them too literally.

ewok 9y ago

I like the article,l and the first thing I thought was the same as you; To manually help the recommendations algo by assigning 'not interested' tags BUT leaving this as standard routine for billions of users is not a effective option and has indeed measureable affects on society while misusing human behavior to collect money from advertisers. As it boils down again in the root of the money system behavior, to manipulate and collect money. It is not intended to do so. I like the article to just acknowledge the fact as status quo. Understanding the system means to deliberate from it in the first place before asking how anything can achieve a better purpose for society in general. On a deeper level I guess it's even more about the understanding how our subconscious mind is modeled in society and how we unconscious select information in our daily activities. I mean the whole mass and every individual itself.

ZenoArrow 9y ago
I'd suggest the main challenge is in breaking out of echo chambers. It's healthy to engage with people you (respectfully) disagree with. Not doing so can easily lead to misinformation being spread amongst like-minded people.