Comment on YouTube to restrict teenagers’ exposure to videos about weight and fitness

turkalino@lemmy.yachts ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Zron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s YouTube, there is no line, just a vague squiggle that you can cross without any warning.

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  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s usually that they seem to block the main channels and the small ones that don’t know what they are talking about slip through. Going to get some kids hurt doing this.

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• barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  From what I understand this is just the recommended feed so it wouldn’t affect searching for specific stuff, or binging a channel’s backlog.

  And frankly speaking this should be a default feature. All too often the algorithm thinks “oh you watched this one video let me drown you in that shit at the expense of everything else”.

  The whole thing meshes well with what we know from child/youth psychology, btw: Agency makes all the difference, whether they’re seeking information, or are (in currentyear), doomscrolling it. One tends to involve critical engagement, the other is an osmosis sponge.

  Oh. Speaking of youtube fitness channels, here’s a good one.

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• treadful@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So where is the line drawn? What about the teens who want to lookup how to do an exercise correctly without getting injured?

  From the article:

  The platform will still allow 13- to 17-year-olds to view the videos, but its algorithms will not push young users down related content “rabbit holes” afterwards.

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  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is there any way they can stop suggesting me right wing channels?

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    • RarePossum@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, delete your watch history and use the do not recommend option on video drop downs

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      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well, no. It was more a joke, but I have a third party channel blocker installed that I use to block them, but every now and then, I get a new one recommended to me. What I find interesting is is that I never engage with those types of channels, so why would the algorithm ever suggest them in the first place if the algorithm? In fact, the only political content of any type I watch is Behind the Bastards, but it never suggests any left wing content. Kinda odd.

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• MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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