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Is it just me or YT also has this curious habit of pushing and promoting electoral politics video content more and more despite knowing full well that you don't

by pyeri 3y ago

Is it just me or YT also has this curious habit of pushing and promoting electoral politics video content more and more despite knowing full well that you don't watch such content?

Spooky23 3y ago
It’s not just you but it is you. :) You’ve engaged with it so they keep throwing it at you. My kid broke my YouTube when he was little watching awful kid videos. You need to find something high value to reset or break the profile. Stuff like crypto and gold coins are easy to spot and skip and high value. So if you leave a gold coin playlist running, you won’t see political ads. Over time, the gold stuff will go away.
JohnFen 3y ago
I don't know if it's just you, but it hasn't been recommending that stuff to me (thank goodness).
GravityisaHoax 3y ago
I haven't seen any politics in my feed. The content it shows me is fairly related to what I watch. I have used "Not interested" and "Don't recommend channel" fairly often, so that probably has helped.
SllX 3y ago
In the past I aggressively made use of “Don’t recommend this” and “Not interested” options, along with deleting accidental clicks from my history. I actually haven’t had to do that in a long time though and I’m not seeing any political videos at all. If you’re not doing anything to curate your recommendations, maybe give it a shot.
Larrikin 3y ago
I've never been recommended those kind of videos, but the only political things I watch on YouTube are live streams of the debates, inaugurations, and the state of the union.
cocodill 3y ago
not really but I get flooded with sports videos. "Not interested" and "Don't recommend channel" tend to reinforce this behavior.
kmac_ 3y ago
I’m being spammed with ads, shorts, and videos from a single right-wing ultra-Catholic party. It’s quite annoying.
- kirubakaran 3y ago
  Thank you for taking one for the team and soaking up their ad spend ;)

by pyeri 3y ago

Is it just me or YT also has this curious habit of pushing and promoting electoral politics video content more and more despite knowing full well that you don't watch such content?

Spooky23 3y ago

It’s not just you but it is you. :) You’ve engaged with it so they keep throwing it at you. My kid broke my YouTube when he was little watching awful kid videos. You need to find something high value to reset or break the profile. Stuff like crypto and gold coins are easy to spot and skip and high value. So if you leave a gold coin playlist running, you won’t see political ads. Over time, the gold stuff will go away.

JohnFen 3y ago

I don't know if it's just you, but it hasn't been recommending that stuff to me (thank goodness).

GravityisaHoax 3y ago

I haven't seen any politics in my feed. The content it shows me is fairly related to what I watch. I have used "Not interested" and "Don't recommend channel" fairly often, so that probably has helped.

SllX 3y ago

In the past I aggressively made use of “Don’t recommend this” and “Not interested” options, along with deleting accidental clicks from my history. I actually haven’t had to do that in a long time though and I’m not seeing any political videos at all. If you’re not doing anything to curate your recommendations, maybe give it a shot.

Larrikin 3y ago

I've never been recommended those kind of videos, but the only political things I watch on YouTube are live streams of the debates, inaugurations, and the state of the union.

cocodill 3y ago

not really but I get flooded with sports videos. "Not interested" and "Don't recommend channel" tend to reinforce this behavior.

kmac_ 3y ago

I’m being spammed with ads, shorts, and videos from a single right-wing ultra-Catholic party. It’s quite annoying.

kirubakaran 3y ago
Thank you for taking one for the team and soaking up their ad spend ;)