It is the fucking algorithm. I’ve been active on YouTube since it started. I’ve had a Gmail account since it was in invite only beta. It’s safe to say they know about my political leanings at this point. Yet, I still get hard right content in shorts all the fucking time no matter how much I block it, or dislike it. It’s crazy…
I’m convinced shorts just feeds you 80% random unrelated videos, the shorts algorithm is actually so garbage. It’a probably just that the creators making shorts are very skewed because they pump out hundreds vs others who make one to none a week.
So that’s what people keep telling me will happen, but I watched a More Perfect Union video once and now my recommendations are completely clogged with urban planning and union organization things (I’m primarily a watcher of edu-tainment things, e.g. sci show, CGP Grey, Knowing better, etc)
Yeah I noticed that too. I was trying to find a video about the reality of trans youth lives with testimonies and such and all I could find were angry conservatives spewing hate about trans people
Everyone says this and I’m sure it’s true but my anecdotal experience is that it knows I’m lefty and recommends me similar content as a result. Maybe it’s because I have autoplay off.
This is my experience also, the algorithm is terrible at throwing my subscriptions into my recommended but I don’t think it ever throws right wing stuff in there.
Do you ever look at conservative stuff for fun? I watch a video of Jordan Peterson or something linked to from lefty reddit and boom, algorithm ruined.
YouTube pushes hard right, too. It doesn’t even seem to matter what you watch, it’ll start heading in that direction super fast.
It is the fucking algorithm. I’ve been active on YouTube since it started. I’ve had a Gmail account since it was in invite only beta. It’s safe to say they know about my political leanings at this point. Yet, I still get hard right content in shorts all the fucking time no matter how much I block it, or dislike it. It’s crazy…
Dislikes are engagement, that fuels the algo to feed you more of it.
I’m convinced shorts just feeds you 80% random unrelated videos, the shorts algorithm is actually so garbage. It’a probably just that the creators making shorts are very skewed because they pump out hundreds vs others who make one to none a week.
So that’s what people keep telling me will happen, but I watched a More Perfect Union video once and now my recommendations are completely clogged with urban planning and union organization things (I’m primarily a watcher of edu-tainment things, e.g. sci show, CGP Grey, Knowing better, etc)
Yeah I noticed that too. I was trying to find a video about the reality of trans youth lives with testimonies and such and all I could find were angry conservatives spewing hate about trans people
Everyone says this and I’m sure it’s true but my anecdotal experience is that it knows I’m lefty and recommends me similar content as a result. Maybe it’s because I have autoplay off.
This is my experience also, the algorithm is terrible at throwing my subscriptions into my recommended but I don’t think it ever throws right wing stuff in there.
Do you ever look at conservative stuff for fun? I watch a video of Jordan Peterson or something linked to from lefty reddit and boom, algorithm ruined.
The worst part is it’s probably not even deliberate, just what drives the most eyeball time.
They know it’s happening. They’re responsible for it. At this point I don’t see much of a difference if they intended this or not.