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YouTube's algorithm is more and more disgustingly reactionary. (hexbear.net)
submitted 3 days ago by throwmunist@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net
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I use YouTube without an account most of the time either through a browser (incognito) or NewPipe or PipePipe (Android), which means that the algorithm doesn't adapt to me.

So, every time I see a video, I know that the recommends are unadulterated algorithmic rage. I may be watching a gardening video, there will be some "Women are Evil" type of video, or "random guy talks about why [thing that women do] is wrong, bad and immoral." I am even seeing a comeback of those "sjw cringe compilation" videos - what's this, 2016???

There are also A LOT, and I mean, a fuckton lot, of trad Catholic content being pushed. Mind you, I even set my YouTube to different countries and languages, and it's being spilled that way too.

Fucking nightmare.

I don't want to end it in a low note, so I will also acknowledge that there's quite a bit of left, openly socialist, communist content, too. 10 years ago there was none of that, the right could roam free (I even identified as one, lmao). Contradictions of capitalism, I guess.

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[–] GnastyGnuts@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Blocktube addon for firefox makes youtube so much better. I got it last year (maybe the year before) to block all the "middle aged man rages out at disney movie for little girls" content, but obviously it's also good for blocking everything else you don't like on there.

I have blocked 464 channels, and found more channels I actually want to watch because I've cleared out the trash.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yah I've been using it forever. I do wish I could get the algorithm to suggest shorter 5~10 minute videos, though. Too many video essay channels are on my feed, but I suspect that's because shorter content had moved to Instagram and TikTok.

[–] mermella@hexbear.net 1 points 3 days ago

Change playback speed