mozz Admin , (edited )
mozz avatar

Bro you should have investigated the actual answer to this question before asking it publicly šŸ˜ƒ

It's not to say you're watching lots of soft core porn but the algorithm has definitely decided that you'll like it

Bell OP ,

There's alot I could argue with but maybe the best answer I have is: why just the shorts? The rest of my YouTube feed kinda sucks but it isn't porn or titillating at all.

xnx ,
@xnx@slrpnk.net avatar

Theyre separate algorithms so its prolly the only type of shorts youve clicked or hovered over for a some time

Bell OP ,

That's the thing, I think I've watched maybe 2 shorts ever, pretty sure they were not like these or at least only mildly sexy

Monument ,

But itā€™s Google, so they know your browsing history and have you in a ā€œbucketā€ for what their metrics think will drive engagement from you. (Or they donā€™t know enough about you and just think boobs will get you intersted, because sex sells.)

Meh. Weā€™re all human. If Google thinks you like thirst traps, whatevs. Pretty ladies are pretty ladies.
But if you donā€™t want to see it, you can probably use feedback tools to change what they show you.

Z4rK ,

Well thatā€™s just not how recommendation algorithms work. A part of it will be content based, directly related to what the user can be associated with.

However, the largest part is collaboration based filtering of content. That means, our user is put in a group based on his other preferences, letā€™s assume nerdy tech stuff, and then is shown content that he has not liked yet but his group of peers has, meaning he could probably like it too.

In other words - heā€™s not the one in fault here, YOU are (you pretty much have to be nerdy tech folks to be here).

Please, could everyone here stop clicking on this stuff so that OP donā€™t have to be associated with your filthy behavior, thank you.

mozz Admin ,
mozz avatar

thatā€™s just not how recommendation algorithms work

I didn't say anything about how they work -- only that it shows you stuff it thinks you will like. Which is basically what you said.

However, the largest part is collaboration based filtering of content. That means, our user is put in a group based on his other preferences, letā€™s assume nerdy tech stuff, and then is shown content that he has not liked yet but his group of peers has, meaning he could probably like it too.

Yes, based on other user patterns and how it categorizes him, it thinks he could probably like soft core porn too. That is, in fact, how it works. Glad we agree.

In other words - heā€™s not the one in fault here, YOU are

Please, could everyone here stop clicking on this stuff so that OP donā€™t have to be associated with your filthy behavior, thank you.

So it's perfectly realistic that everyone could be clicking on soft core porn to feed the algorithm these ideas, in contrast to OP, who couldn't possibly be clicking on it? You've decided they're the one and only person who definitely isn't doing that when clearly someone is?

How could you write this hostile and condescending message when I actually made a specific point to highlight the exact point you're making ("It's not to say you're watching lots of soft core porn") in my message? If a little more succinctly. I wasn't blaming OP in any way, just explaining (just as you did) that the algorithm based on his viewing patterns is what decides what to show him.

Z4rK ,

I had hoped that my last sentence showed my post was clearly in jest. The factual information was just needed to set up the joke. Neither hostility nor condescension was applied.

In fact, the avid reader might catch that I have implied myself in the group of people causing OPā€™s annoying trouble with light-clothed females since I too am here - presumably a tech nerd like OP and meddling with the algorithms affecting him by clicking on unsavory content.

mozz Admin ,
mozz avatar

Ooooh

Yeah I totally missed it. My apologies.

Assman ,
@Assman@sh.itjust.works avatar

I've gotten sexualized ads in my work Gmail which I only use for work emails and nothing else. Pretty sure step one of Google's algorithms is "is man? Show titty"

No1 , (edited )
@No1@aussie.zone avatar

Are you using the app? Are you logged in?

Ask yourself why, then log out, delete the app, and go watch on a browser without logging in.

Or if you have to use an app, try Smarttube or something similar. Without logging in.

VeganCheesecake ,

When I'm logged in, the few shorts they show me tend to be from channels I'm subscribed too. If I go to the homepage incognito (back when they still showed you stuff when you rejected their terms) it was mostly either shock value, expensive stuff, sexualised stuff, sports. So lowest common denominator stuff, I guess.

Socsa ,

Yeah buddy that's definitely on you mine is all science and homestead content.

Clbull ,

My Instagram and Threads feeds are like that. Not YouTube.

solarbabies ,
@solarbabies@lemmy.world avatar

I haven't actively used Facebook since I was in high school, and recently scrolling through my feed it's not even softcore it's straight up p*rn!

example (NSFW obviously)

I keep hiding these posts & they don't stop appearing... I wish I could tell Facebook I'm not a perpetually online horny teenager anymore. ĀÆā \ā ā (ā ćƒ„ā )ā ā /ā ĀÆ

vonbaronhans ,

More of a you think, I think. My shorts feed mostly comedy stuff, DND stuff, art stuff, and music stuff. Well, and the odd Christian preacher, which I assume gets wrapped up with the atheism content I also see.

gunpachi ,

From the image, I have seen 3 of them on my youtube homepage.

It's such a distraction while you are browsing for videos... Recently I have been trying this extension to block off shorts. I think it works for the most part.

Hope this helps someone.

klemptor ,

Mine are mostly about nail art techniques and skincare reviews in French.

fiend_unpleasant ,
@fiend_unpleasant@lemmy.world avatar

Google has more info on you that any other company on the planet... they know what you are into. You private tabs were never really private.

Muffi ,

I had the idea to start counting it as a "Thirst-trap BINGO" each time every single thumbnail for shorts recommendations had a half naked woman with her mouth slightly open. Turns out that it happened more than half the time, and the game quickly got boring.

I have never watched a single short on YouTube, so apparently it's just the default recommendations that are horny af.

lorty ,
@lorty@lemmy.ml avatar

Yes, but for some reason it's asian women doing sports. I never watch shorts anyway so whatever.

Kaput ,

Yup some days and its annoying. You click on one that you think will be genuinely interesting and if it has any woman being any level of attractive, your feed turn to thirst trap. I like woodworking and outdoors engineerinf Innocent stuff right?. Now I get the most handsome bearded athletic hunk lumberjack that keep posting log splitting videos. Took me a while to realize that it was not about that cool ax head or the wedge technic.

realitista ,

Yeah lots of thirst traps. I have the big issue on FB shorts. I have to admit I've taken the bait and honestly it's not worse than anything else on my feed so whatever.

SuperSpruce ,

The irony is if I had real control over the shorts I'd actually sometimes watch them. But currently YT is trying to force them on me, with no control over which shorts I watch.

TwoCubed ,

YouTube revanced let's you disable shorts permanently. Fuck those useless videos, designed to get you addicted. I'm fairly sure consuming too many shorts irreparably damages the brain. Don't quote me on that but people just stopped fact checking because it takes longer than 20 seconds.

SuperSpruce ,

I mostly don't like how it just feels like YouTube corporate wants me to watch shorts instead of regular videos. I don't want to be their darling user bowing to the whims of the empire.

vaultdweller013 ,
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I just fucken hate short form content. A twenty minute video is too short for me sometimes, give me a three hour long video on how some dude went missing in a random ass national forest ive never heard of.

SuperSpruce ,

I don't hate short form content necessarily. It's a mood thing. Sometimes, I want to see a rapid fire of motorcycling videos, for instance. But other times I want to see 20 minute videos, and other times I'm in the mood for videos over an hour.

Passerby6497 ,

IDK, I've been having decent luck with them lately. After channel banning a bunch of thirst trap and tikthot dance vids, I'm really only seeing cooking/science/D&D shit in my shorts feed.

SuperSpruce ,

There is a part of me that does want to scroll through short form videos, but they're all run by companies I hate:

  1. TikTok (eeeeeeewwwwww, I won't touch them with a 40 foot pole)
  2. Meta (Just no, why would I want to help Zuck)
  3. YT (I lost my trust in them with so many other things)
  4. Snapchat (this is probably the most plausible, as this company is E-tier while the others range from F tier to M tier)
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