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"videos from reputable sources like Vox" - yeah, right... I wonder who that article is addressed to? At first it may seem they want to reassure viewers that th
by notanzaiiswear 5y ago
"videos from reputable sources like Vox" - yeah, right...
I wonder who that article is addressed to? At first it may seem they want to reassure viewers that they will get shown the best content. But the longer the article goes on, the more it sounds like a reassurance that they will absolutely block out unwanted political views.
Why do they feel the need to put out such an article? To stave of government regulation? Or for their own political activism? To reassure the leftist mob that they won't be part guilty of electing another Trump?
I mean as a user, I'd like reassurance that the algorithm tries to show me videos I want to see, not videos that others want me to see.
I am not afraid of being shown a flat-earther video, so I don't get the appeal of the promise to not show me certain things.
- badmadrad 5y agoexactly, they are proud to tell you they block videos that are "problematic" from being recommended. But problematic to whom or what is not described. As this would surely reveal their bias in their algorithms. And also who our overlords are.
- Pxtl 5y agoThere's a pretty solid consensus that white supremacists, vaccine-deniers, and election deniers are "problematic" and YT isn't going out on a limb to make that call.
- notanzaiiswear 5y agoI don't think white supremacists, vaccine-deniers and election deniers would agree with you. Also you are just picking the easy examples. And what is a "solid consensus"? Trump was elected in 2016, for example, presumably by a significant number of voters. Why does YT have to make any call at all? Why not let me see what I want to see?