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Ad blockers don't help against Youtube recommendations and autoplaying next recommended video. Studies have documented that if you let YouTube auto play for a

Ad blockers don't help against Youtube recommendations and autoplaying next recommended video. Studies have documented that if you let YouTube auto play for a while, the videos would becomes increasingly more radical.

solveit 7y ago
That sounds super interesting, can you share a link?
- belltaco 7y ago
  Several articles. https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+recommendations+more+radical&oq=youtube+recommendations+more+radical&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64.9024j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+recommendations+more...
mactrey 7y ago
I hear this a lot - but are people really watching longform political YouTube videos and passively letting the algorithm choose their next video for extended periods of time? I very rarely watch a political video on YouTube but when I do it's usually linked from a site like Reddit, and then I'm very unlikely to watch the next video in the queue after it finishes. If the algorithm actually does suggest more and more radical videos I wonder if it's a case of reverse causation - the algorithm suggests a more radical video because it learns what people actually want to do and choose to do, which is watch the most outrageous and/or bloodcurdling video out of the options presented to them?
bduerst 7y ago
I think they changed this or are working on changing it. YouTube recommendations used to go towards more popular, meaning all playtime eventually went to Gangnam Style. So they went the other direction, and gave more view time to radical/fringe YouTubers, which they're getting flak for.
Marsymars 7y ago
> Ad blockers don't help against Youtube recommendations and autoplaying next recommended video. They actually do! Doesn't help with autoplay, but adblock lists to get rid of recommendations on YouTube: https://youtube.adblockplus.me/ https://youtube.adblockplus.me/

solveit 7y ago

That sounds super interesting, can you share a link?

belltaco 7y ago
Several articles. https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+recommendations+more+radical&oq=youtube+recommendations+more+radical&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64.9024j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+recommendations+more...

mactrey 7y ago

I hear this a lot - but are people really watching longform political YouTube videos and passively letting the algorithm choose their next video for extended periods of time? I very rarely watch a political video on YouTube but when I do it's usually linked from a site like Reddit, and then I'm very unlikely to watch the next video in the queue after it finishes. If the algorithm actually does suggest more and more radical videos I wonder if it's a case of reverse causation - the algorithm suggests a more radical video because it learns what people actually want to do and choose to do, which is watch the most outrageous and/or bloodcurdling video out of the options presented to them?

bduerst 7y ago

I think they changed this or are working on changing it. YouTube recommendations used to go towards more popular, meaning all playtime eventually went to Gangnam Style. So they went the other direction, and gave more view time to radical/fringe YouTubers, which they're getting flak for.

Marsymars 7y ago

> Ad blockers don't help against Youtube recommendations and autoplaying next recommended video. They actually do! Doesn't help with autoplay, but adblock lists to get rid of recommendations on YouTube: https://youtube.adblockplus.me/ https://youtube.adblockplus.me/