Post B4QmNJpFGJ87f82C7E by ChuckMcManis@chaos.social
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(DIR) Post #B4Qb8Sgsv7mtJkpxE8 by stux@mstdn.social
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#YouTube is trying so hard to "poison" my feed, I can see why a lot of people start falling down dark rabbit holes this wayMy feed is mostly; science, space, politics and some gamedev but especially in the first twoMade up bullshit can be used to hook people for a lot longer then actual facts these days I guessAnd it's always down a negative path it seems
(DIR) Post #B4QbT4bPfumAgs6d84 by stux@mstdn.social
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The general;"Here is a video about something no one on this planet knows but it's of super massive importance"Kinda a description for conspiracy theories, making you feel 'special' because you get to know something and others "just don't know"Bullshit alarm š®
(DIR) Post #B4QcIuBfdxt3RkmSDg by stellarsarah@mastodon.world
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@stux I watched some ancient history videos on YT a while back and then it recommended me more... but the recommendations turned out to be ancient history as told by a white supremacist. I wasted a good amount of time listening to this guy before he started being blatant enough for me to look up the user to see if this was a known issue with him (and it was).Now I basically don't take their recommendations unless it's already a YouTuber I already know.
(DIR) Post #B4QcPOXtgUWlL6Gsfw by TimMaddog@mstdn.social
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@stux Control the #algorithm on *your* terms. š¤
(DIR) Post #B4QchvKUX9WIEFptnk by DBailey635@mstdn.social
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@stux It recommends stuff that other people with similar profiles to you have watched, but there are a lot of gullible idiots out there.A cleaner feed should come from good feedback. When confronted with low quality junk, click the Ellipsis button and then select ānot interestedā. Liberally use the ādonāt recommend this channelā button. Report and flag to get channels demonetised. After a while, the algorithm should stop recommending far-right crap, AI slop, and conspiracy theories to you.
(DIR) Post #B4QdsaXMHPbWsjVHo8 by helvick@mastodon.ie
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@stux If you disable watch history and use the subscription page you get an almost* unmodified reverse chronological feed of videos as they are released by those you are subscribed to and no one else. * Apart from (1) they still insert algorithmically suggested shorts every so often in an attempt to lure you into mindless swiping. And (2) the videos shown below any video you open are then recs based on that video so watch and then always click back to your own time ordered feed.
(DIR) Post #B4QfcdncaC2eH5dMi8 by the_moep@mastodon.de
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@stux My "feed" is what I subscribed to, thanks NewPipe/Piped. šIt's kinda beyond me why people want to see anything but what they decided to see. Like why let a company which's only interest is profit and making the rich richer spoonfeed what you see and base your opinion on? That's some of the most anti-freedom and anti-democratic behaviour I can imagine.
(DIR) Post #B4Qk2fF0FFVk5k6cYS by coolcalmcollected@mastodon.social
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@stux all algo's do that. I knew, when I was on tik tok, that when a video with a wall of text popped up that I needed to flick videos away until I got a cat video and then the FYP feed would be normal for a while. the wall of text videos were the beginning of a dark hole that ends with gang stalking videos.
(DIR) Post #B4QmNJpFGJ87f82C7E by ChuckMcManis@chaos.social
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@stux there is market value to a third party to drag you down into hell, there is desire but no market to lift you up
(DIR) Post #B4QnF0hYa40tzJ2YoS by edsanders2@mstdn.social
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@stux I think I watched about 30 seconds of an environmental science hoax video a couple of days ago before realizing what it was, but it was enough to trigger a deluge. I would occasionally get a nutball recommendation in my feed before that, but today was a flood of right wing nutballs.My main viewing is EVs/battery tech, basketball, poker, science and anime.
(DIR) Post #B4QrmcVBSaXib3XDaC by tasket@infosec.exchange
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@stux You can most clearly see the effect by using anon ('incognito') browser mode over a VPN. This gives YT nothing to use as background for making suggestions that are unrelated to the current video.Then access some video you're interested in, say music or renewable energy, and lo and behold... Youtube insists on suggesting the most awful non-related crap. They are probably a worse source of brainwashing than even Xitter.
(DIR) Post #B4QvOGHSpIVEXrl3HU by Blindy@convo.casa
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@stux My feed consists of TTS skits, VHS tapes, including television and personal collections, more nostalgia, music, gaming, more television broadcasts from the 90s and 2000s, and maybe later than that, radio recordings/airchecks, storytelling, aviation, and independent weather channels. Also, why would they put an algorithm on the subscription feed? It doesn't belong their! They got the subscription feed all kinds of crazy, especially on the mobile app.
(DIR) Post #B4QznaWz4ZvyPHLjAO by J0j0King@mastodon.social
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@stux In....2009? My oldest was able to get on to yt, pc was in a shared room.The only rule? Do not click on the right hand side in the suggested area.3 clicks on that would bring you directly to utter destruction, just awful stuff.
(DIR) Post #B4RU4WbBwWJjl8JFvk by wyliecoyoteuk@mastodon.org.uk
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@stux I just stopped clicking on any link to YouTube. Works for me.
(DIR) Post #B4RZ4g8MzVON6Qilnc by Wifiwits@infosec.exchange
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@stux itās definitely changed. All my YouTube rabbit holes used to end at videos of extremely large engines being started. Now they end at absolute bellends claiming white genocide.
(DIR) Post #B4RlBvJU9UWPep8p8K by sinmisterios@mastodon.uy
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@stux newpipe/pipepipe/another fork + blocking recommended videos. It doesn't address the bigger issue but it would be better for you.