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The stories highlighted seem to be split between "content I don't like exists on YouTube" and "content I don't like is recommended to me." I think adding tools
by chance_state 7y ago
The stories highlighted seem to be split between "content I don't like exists on YouTube" and "content I don't like is recommended to me."
I think adding tools to help users address the latter is worthwhile, but I don't think the former is actually a problem.
- duskwuff 7y ago> "content I don't like exists on YouTube" "... and YouTube irresponsibly recommends that content to people who are likely to be negatively affected by it".
- chance_state 7y agoI think there's a big difference between YouTube actively recommending things vs. people searching for things and not liking the results they get. The latter is what I meant by "content I don't like exists on YouTube". From the article: >I started searching for “fail videos” where people fall or get a little hurt. >My 10-year-old sweet daughter innocently searched for “tap dance videos”[...]
- duskwuff 7y agoIn both of those cases, the videos that showed up from the search weren't the problem. The problem was the videos which were recommended based on a history of having viewed the videos in the search results. The same pattern applies to many of the other stories in the article. (There's more than just the ten on the first page. Click "load more stories" at the bottom of the page.)
- chance_state 7y agoOh, I think you're right. I misread those. Also didn't know there were more than the first 10 because I browse with js off by default, which hides the "more" button.