I made sure to remove cookies and not sign in so I think these are the base suggestions made by youtube.

  • mrmanager@lemmy.today
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    1 year ago

    Nah they want you to be shocked and start watching. Called engagement, makes money by upsetting peoples emotional state so they become nervous, unhappy, angry etc.

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      That’s not antithetical to what the other person said. It is both true that the algorithm does what it think people like and also that bad things get high engagement. The issue is that bad things aren’t accounted for and filtered out appropriately