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harvey9last Sunday at 8:47 PM2 repliesview on HN

YouTube is very good at showing me what I am interested in and nothing else.


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nephihahalast Sunday at 8:53 PM

I continually catch it trying to take me down rabbitholes. It's always trying to get me to watch a Monty Python video for example. Also testing my political views to take me down one road or another. I clicked "not interested" on both MSNBC and Fox videos... They're just bipartisan trash.

andrepdlast Sunday at 9:28 PM

Youtube, without fail, every SINGLE time I look up anything in my native language, suggests me videos of the local far-right party. Doesn't matter if I'm watching a funny video or educational content, in comes (autoplayed, no less) some variation of "the gypsies and communists are coming to steal your money". I should note neither centre nor left parties have the honour of such promotions. I am not logged in.

Fuck all of these platforms with a retractable baton (to quote a great letter).

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