I don't use TikTok but I have used the youtube shorts algorithm and it seems like its almost intentionally shit and trying to stir up people. I try and watch on

I don't use TikTok but I have used the youtube shorts algorithm and it seems like its almost intentionally shit and trying to stir up people. I try and watch one linked short about something sports related on the home page and scroll feed automatically propagates with super low quality right wing, hustle and Jordan Peterson propaganda content. We can deflect saying "Anyone who knows a bit about recommendation systems", blame my use of the platform or play these off as a technical problem but imo it seems like Google and the other tech companies know exactly what they are doing in these use cases and are just cynically deploying this content with the culture war filter on because they know it makes the most money. I think when people ascribe political leanings to tech companies that maybe the mean belief of their employee's but as an org it is not the standard opined ultra left havens.