I made an effort not to click on anything political for a few months and there's absolutely no video in neither side except for the "breaking news" section that youtube adds, not even on youtube shorts. We tend not to notice when things are right, but god damn how much I love youtube recomendation algorithm. I really hope it never corrupts itself. The "Do not recommend" works, and not just for the specific channel, but the overall category and related content, it's amazing.
Huh?! I despise their recommendation algo. So much so I've stopped clicking on even mildly-interesting-looking vids on my YT (Premium) home page.
I watched one, ONE, video about James Randi; the next day half the recommendations were clips about him, most from...I need a name for those channel operators who re-post other peoples vids just for impressions. "Scumbags"? "A-holes"?
But I digress.
I click on one British historian and see 10 videos from other British historians the next day. I click on a gay comedian's video, and see 10 other gay comedian videos. Wait a day and I'll see gay British historians' videos! WTF?
I used to spend several minutes during each session selecting "Not interested" and "Do not recommend" to tweak the algo and I don't see any proof that it works.
I just ignore the home page these days. Much like I do Twitter and Reddit...
Complete opposite experience from me. I don’t seek out political content on YouTube. I mostly watch some gaming content. Much of it (GDQ streams for instance), is pro-LGBT and left leaning.
Despite this YouTube constantly pumps far-right content into my recommendations, and there’s seemingly no way for me to stop this. Straight up offensive content, including YouTube shorts ranting about Trans people, misgendering them. Misogynistic shorts with comedians joking how “women belong in the kitchen haha”. Interviews with Andrew Tate. Not to mention the constant ads from religious nuts. Or the constant political ads. Their recommendations suck.
I skip these shorts partway though, and I avoid clicking the suggestions elsewhere, but it’s an endless stream. YouTube constantly is trying to get me to watch this awful content.
I’ve stopped using shorts, and basically exclusively check my subscription box. The home page and suggestions are useless for me. I put up with YouTube as a site, but I’d honestly prefer to watch the same content elsewhere if I could. Those recommendations are making the world a worse place.
