• Troy@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I just watched 45 mins of that video while folding laundry. The result was a dramatic change in the nature of my YouTube ads and recommended videos to promote preppers and pseudoscience. It’s amazing how the algorithm works so quickly to push people onto that radicalization treadmill.

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      2 days ago

      Remember to delete it from your view history so you don’t get suggested actual nutbag videos.

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      Firefox + Ublock Origin is a fairly quick fix to that problem.

      Of course, that won’t solve the general societal level problem of idiotic nonsense being more profitable than anything sound and well reasoned, but it might lower your personal stress levels a bit.

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        Yeah, was on my phone and it opened the link in the YouTube app. So I don’t see a lot of them. Was interesting to note how quickly it funnels people though

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      One of them actually demanded a trip to the ISS as well when, of all people, Tim Pool offers to fund a trip to Antarctica at the flat Earther’s price point.

      When even Tim Pool sees through your bullshit cowardice…