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Is that actually your experience on YouTube or is this just something people say to encourage deplatforming? I don't think I've seen anything at the level of fl

Is that actually your experience on YouTube or is this just something people say to encourage deplatforming? I don't think I've seen anything at the level of flat earth or Q on my related videos since like 2017... I've even attempted to seek out some of these videos just to see the claims and it was difficult to maneuver past Youtubes search redirections. Want a non-conspiracy example? Search "obama is gone" on youtube then on DuckDuckGo. Even a stupid crab rave meme is buried, presumably for the purposes of preventing Obama related conspiracy theories from emerging. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=obama+is+gone https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=obama+is+gone https://duckduckgo.com/?q=obama+is+gone+site%3Ayoutube.com https://duckduckgo.com/?q=obama+is+gone+site%3Ayoutube.com I'd still never park my kid on Youtube but things aren't like they were pre-adpocalypse.

slothtrop 6y ago
Just yesterday I got recommendations for Sky News, some preacher, and conspiracy clips. All it took was to watch a couple of music videos with several million views. This is what the algorithm is shoveling to people. One evening of video surfing and you'll practically trip over them. I have no idea how it is one could never notice this stuff. I clear cookies and have no account.
- ohdannyboy 6y ago
  Interesting. I do look at related videos so it's not about noticing anything... We clearly have different experiences. The difference I see is that I have an account with subscriptions and years of activity data. I guess the algorithm knows I don't click on that stuff so they stopped trying to show it to me. I'm very surprised to learn they are giving users these recommendations by default.
Kaze404 6y ago
It is mine. I don't watch much political content on YouTube, and I constantly get Steven Crowder and PragerU videos on my recommended feed. Needless to say I don't subscribe to their ideas (to put it lightly).

slothtrop 6y ago

Just yesterday I got recommendations for Sky News, some preacher, and conspiracy clips. All it took was to watch a couple of music videos with several million views. This is what the algorithm is shoveling to people. One evening of video surfing and you'll practically trip over them. I have no idea how it is one could never notice this stuff. I clear cookies and have no account.

ohdannyboy 6y ago
Interesting. I do look at related videos so it's not about noticing anything... We clearly have different experiences. The difference I see is that I have an account with subscriptions and years of activity data. I guess the algorithm knows I don't click on that stuff so they stopped trying to show it to me. I'm very surprised to learn they are giving users these recommendations by default.

Kaze404 6y ago

It is mine. I don't watch much political content on YouTube, and I constantly get Steven Crowder and PragerU videos on my recommended feed. Needless to say I don't subscribe to their ideas (to put it lightly).