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There's no real political agenda at work here. They are just showing you suggestions for things they think you will watch, so they can serve more ads.

fipple 8y ago
But that has political consequences, so in a way it’s a political agenda. Like, if you drive 120mph on city streets, you have a collision agenda, whether that was your intent or not.
- ams6110 8y ago
  I agree that there are consequences. Whether it rises to the level of negligence as in your example is debatable. And I think that debate is going on as more and more people are talking about and becoming aware of the societal impact of social media.
lmilcin 8y ago
It may not be political agenda but it has consequences. If left only sees left opinions and right only sees right opinions, how people are to agree on anything if they are never exposed to arguments from other side? As bad as people are at being unbiased, this is only making things worse, on gigantic scale.
- eropple 8y ago
  YouTube is really quite happy to serve me "right opinions". They involve guys like the one who's a subject of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahuj1B0ow4U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahuj1B0ow4U That dude, literally that dude, showed up in my recommendations pretty regularly until I explicitly blocked him. Now I get fellow chuds like Sargon of Akkad and the like; I have to "nope" at least one fascist or at the minimum white-supremacist channel out of my recommendations a week.
  - CNJ7654 8y ago
    Hi, I know you're probably just being facetious, but I think it's important to be clear that most Right channels on Youtube aren't fascist or white-supremacist. Calling anyone with a right leaning viewpoint a fascist ultimately dilutes the meaning of the word until people are okay with it. We've already seen this happen with racist, where even normal people nowadays will joke that they're probably being 'racist' by it's modern overblown definition.
  - eropple 8y ago
    (And to the--edit: before looking at his comments, I said "well-meaning" here, I retract that--hellbanned poster who replied to me: I am not being facetious, I am being descriptive. Homeboys thinking Nazis had some good points are very comfortably called fascist, thanksforplaying.)

fipple 8y ago

But that has political consequences, so in a way it’s a political agenda. Like, if you drive 120mph on city streets, you have a collision agenda, whether that was your intent or not.

ams6110 8y ago
I agree that there are consequences. Whether it rises to the level of negligence as in your example is debatable. And I think that debate is going on as more and more people are talking about and becoming aware of the societal impact of social media.

lmilcin 8y ago

It may not be political agenda but it has consequences. If left only sees left opinions and right only sees right opinions, how people are to agree on anything if they are never exposed to arguments from other side? As bad as people are at being unbiased, this is only making things worse, on gigantic scale.

eropple 8y ago
YouTube is really quite happy to serve me "right opinions". They involve guys like the one who's a subject of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahuj1B0ow4U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahuj1B0ow4U That dude, literally that dude, showed up in my recommendations pretty regularly until I explicitly blocked him. Now I get fellow chuds like Sargon of Akkad and the like; I have to "nope" at least one fascist or at the minimum white-supremacist channel out of my recommendations a week.
- CNJ7654 8y ago
  Hi, I know you're probably just being facetious, but I think it's important to be clear that most Right channels on Youtube aren't fascist or white-supremacist. Calling anyone with a right leaning viewpoint a fascist ultimately dilutes the meaning of the word until people are okay with it. We've already seen this happen with racist, where even normal people nowadays will joke that they're probably being 'racist' by it's modern overblown definition.
- eropple 8y ago
  (And to the--edit: before looking at his comments, I said "well-meaning" here, I retract that--hellbanned poster who replied to me: I am not being facetious, I am being descriptive. Homeboys thinking Nazis had some good points are very comfortably called fascist, thanksforplaying.)