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> If someone is getting divisive content, that's probably the content that they want to watch. I recently used YouTube on a brand new browser installation to
by Mediterraneo10 8y ago
> If someone is getting divisive content, that's probably the content that they want to watch.
I recently used YouTube on a brand new browser installation to watch some clips from various adult cartoons. That was all. No other search terms, no interest in politics. Soon after, the Recommendations on the right side of the page started to be filled with – besides other cartoon clips – all kinds of polemic culture-war videos, on both sides of those wars. That really impressed on me just how funneled towards these videos people can be even if they show no overt interest in those topics.