While I agree that parenting would suggest some consideration of the material accessible, perhaps the number one video sharing website could put some effort int

While I agree that parenting would suggest some consideration of the material accessible, perhaps the number one video sharing website could put some effort into what clearly is a funnel towards evil: it's recommendation engine. I routinely get wacko right wing nonsense in my recommendation feed and I'm rather left wing and never once searched for such content. I It's probably time to lean on the Goog a bit and get them to stop feeding Alex Jones and his ilk with unsolicited "recommendations" that run counter to previously viewed videos messaging. I get it. They think that people should leave their filter bubbles, but they equate all points of view as equally educational, when common sense would point out that some points of view on some topics should be considered off-limits. If I say "I want to live" and your point of view is "die mofo die!" do we really need to compromise on merely mutilating me? perhaps your point of view can be entirely dismissed in such a case, as situationally wrongful. Morality has social functionality, gasp. But I reckon that 1) there's likely no state actor with sufficient power to control the goog by now, accumulated dirt being accumulated dirt, pols having browsing histories, money having value, and all... 2) there's likely to be no such reaction here on Hacker News due to this malicious algorithm being considered a form of "free speech" I suppose. Here I always figured on tech being a liberalizing social force, but between FB and the G, it's going downhill rather swiftly...