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

• 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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  • VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because it’s not God making the choices it’s an algo, God would know what you want bur an algo needs data - if there is a popular video that lots of people who watch content you like watch then it makes sense they see if you’re interested.

    It does the same with everything, your just notice the stuff you hate more, right wingers claim youtube and Facebook push woke stuff for the exact same reason.

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  • starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I find this happens any time I engage with anything anyone on the right also likes watching, like a gun channel, or a non-political video from a right leaning channel. I think the algorithm is just saying “I saw a republican watch this once so if you watched it there’s still some chance you’ll engage with this right wing content.” I think it pushes it so heavily because it’s a gold mine (to the algorithm) since content by those channels is so heavily consumed.

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    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      One personal benefit of RegularCarReviews coming out as gay has been the purge of right wingers from his channel.

      Still, if google can tweak the algo so kids don’t get fitness videos, I should be able to have a toogle to keep right wing videos out.

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