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This is normal, true, but be aware even your starting point gives clues. Your IP address, your browser choice, the fact it’s (probably) the first time YouTube s
by inerte 8y ago
This is normal, true, but be aware even your starting point gives clues. Your IP address, your browser choice, the fact it’s (probably) the first time YouTube sees you... it all feeds into the algorithm.
Might be the case that Chrome users in your area are going Incognito to watch Ben Shapiro videos. Given your reaction, that might be exactly the case.
Or it might be Ben is a B-level celebrity that might attract a click to display an expensive ad.
- kettlecorn 8y agoThe normality of it is why it's so awful. Maybe it's true people matching some of my info watch are likely to watch Shapiro videos, but by optimizing for engagement they basically are trying to herd similar people towards whatever version of that person watches the most YouTube videos. Indirectly YouTube wants everyone to be a right-wing fanatic, because the algorithm has determined that that sort of person watches a lot of videos. YouTube shows videos that are likely to get clicks, but fanatics are more likely to click and watch videos. So things fanatics care about are promoted. YouTube seems to take this stance that it's just natural social dynamics at play, excusing themselves from addressing what they're enabling.
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