The worst thing I’ve found with the algorithm is that it continually tries to steer me towards right-wing crap like Jordan Petersen, even though it must know my sympathies are with the opposite end of the political spectrum. And if ever you come to YouTube with no account on a clean machine, it pushes almost entirely right-wing propaganda videos.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 3 days ago
And yet I don't see any of that. Lots of people complain about "the algorithm" but it seems to be working well for me.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Holy shit, yes. You can watch leftist content for years, but heaven forbid you watch one gaming-related video and it assumes you’re an alt-right racist gamergate incel.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 days ago
its either that or, thirst trap videos. i dont log in, so i just close the browser and reopen youtube and its gone.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I noticed that they show up in the next section of video game related videos before I blockeded those type of channels. It is interesting that video game clips tend to result in those type of podcasters showing up in those feeds, which is likely due to the strategy used by those groups using games to try to reach that demographic.
placebo@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Same. I had an issue with AI videos at some points, but some dislikes later I don’t see them anymore.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
You need an account for an algorithm, which I dont use with youtube. My algorithm has been blocking channels.
And when it comes to search results youtube isn’t great usually defaulting to showing the highest subscriber videos over what might be more relevant and pushing down smaller channels.
Engywuck@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
My algorithm is as simple as avoiding YouTube altogether and finding what I need elsewhere (preferably in text form).