shield_gengar ,
@shield_gengar@sh.itjust.works avatar

Blocking problem YouTubers has been great for my mental health

TacoButtPlug ,
@TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works avatar

I use an ad blocker and it pretty much just blocks the entire logarithm

DumbAceDragon ,
@DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works avatar

Man that'd make my browsing experience exponentially better

ProgrammingSocks ,
SparrowRanjitScaur ,

You mean algorithm?

TacoButtPlug ,
@TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yes.

puchaczyk ,

Fuck youtube. You watch one wrong video and half of your recomendations are fucked. And why in 2024 there's no proper tag system yet? I guest keeping things opaque makes them more money.

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

God how I love using newpipe or invidious to watch yt instead. Whenever I feel like finding stuff, the recommendations are always related to the video currently being watched, which can lead to interesting rabbit holes.

Hootz ,

Report them, and say don't recommend. It's our civic duty to spam reports so they get taken down automatically. That will increase the amount it suggests to you but to stop that make playlist that can run overnight, fill it with good shit you've already watched so you don't miss anything new and just let that run. It will hopefully clean that shit out a bit.

Neato ,

Google wants to radicalize you into conspiracy bullshit because those rubes are easy to sell stuff and get to watch endless videos.

Dasnap ,
@Dasnap@lemmy.world avatar

Google just recommends me videos about dishwashers.

Not that I'm complaining.

Neato ,

We got turned into Technology Connections recently. It's really good. Highly recommend.

Dasnap ,
@Dasnap@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah I've binged pretty much his whole channel.

I put him in the same catagory as Cathode Ray Dude and LGR.

AlligatorBlizzard ,

Check out Techmoan too.

EvilLootbox ,
@EvilLootbox@lemmy.world avatar

Any VWestlife fans in the house?

psmgx ,

One even pseudo-related vid and they'll spam you. Esp if you're in a region where Jesus sells pretty well. I got a ton of that shit when I was in Kansas city for work.

Plus YT is a business, and for the right price they'll show whatever people pay them to show. Welcome to the cyberpunk dystopia

DigitalTraveler42 ,
AlligatorBlizzard ,

Okay but why is that image a desktop screenshot with a single "new text document"?

DigitalTraveler42 ,

Firstly, why does it matter? Secondly, literally copied it and cropped it on my phone, like a while ago.

Quadhammer ,

It's odd!!

ekZepp ,
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ApfelstrudelWAKASAGI OP ,
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Im just kinda confused. The last overtly religious video I watched was when I was having an existential crisis 7 years ago, why on earth does yt see me watching a video about the history of waffles and think: "you know what this guy wants to see? Someone going on about how our Lord and saviour Elon musk is going to bring about the rapture."

ekZepp ,
@ekZepp@lemmy.world avatar

All it takes is one random click on some vague "theory channel", or the the same subject like in this case "musk"

FakeGreekGirl ,
@FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

My Google news feed has apparently decided I want to know more about that absolute fucking ghoul from Blackrock that has declared we're not sacrificing enough of finite time on Eath to capitalism because I read one article about him and choked down the reflexive vomit, and has been giving me more and more articles about him all day.

This is how bubbles are created, I'm sure.

iamdisillusioned ,

Because this stupid shit is spreading like wildfire. My mom won't stop sending me videos like this.

Hootz ,

Every time I visit my parents I go through their YouTube now and unsub from all the weird shit. I always get the same response from them "idk I didn't sub to that" children man, they come in all ages. I ask her "then why do you randomly drop dog whistles that line up with what's being currently spouted by the right?" 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

Itte ,
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I fucking love this button. Every now and then YouTube spams me stupid channels and this gets rid of them.

Until you know.YouTube decides to recommend another stupid channel.

Thank you Google.

Interstellar_1 ,
@Interstellar_1@pawb.social avatar

This button never works for me anymore. It just keeps recommending the channel.

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