The 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 engag

The 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.