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as someone from "before the Internet" I find this tiny (real) anecdote about watching a single YouTube video "ruining recommendations" very powerful in all the

• pvg 4y ago
  The reality is it's at most a minor inconvenience since these days youtube's recommendations can be controlled by telling youtube you don't want something recommended. You can depeterson yourself fairly easily if afflicted.
  • aasasd 4y ago
    The thing is, I'm never sure that YouTube learns that I don't want Peterson, and not that I'm allergic to e.g. feminism.
    • pvg 4y ago
      Yeah that's fair. My youtube usage is relatively narrow in topics so it's probably a little easier to deal with the blast radius.
    • Stevvo 4y ago
      I'm allergic to both sides of the culture war, but the algorithms seem to want me to be invested in someone's narrative on it.