• conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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    This is a whole thing. There’s been research that shows that if you just randomly follow videos on YouTube, you’ll more than likely end up at hard-right talking points. There’s also a deliberate effort by Nazis to build a propaganda pipeline, particularly on youtube. Adam Something did a good video on his own personal experience with this.

    https://youtu.be/94_5mXsQTpA

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      You have to use “don’t recommend channel” on anything even remotely sus to keep YouTube from trying to alt right pipeline you

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        Or not watch them because they’re shit and the algorithm changes what it recommends.

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          Oh, definitely don’t watch them. But if I see a title/thumbnail that looks iffy, I check the channel page and block the whole channel if I don’t like the look of it. Only way to keep that shit from overwhelming the whole feed.

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            Or watch it and then remove it from watch history, if it’s only borderline interesting.