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Very, Very Few People Are Falling Down the YouTube Rabbit Hole | The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that (www.theatlantic.com)
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Very, Very Few People Are Falling Down the YouTube Rabbit Hole | The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that::The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that.

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[–] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Indicating "not interested" shows engagement on your part. Therefore the algorithm provides you with more content like that so that you will engage more.

You can try blocking the channel, which has mixed results for the same reason, or closing youtube and staying away from it for a few hours on that account.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    If I click Not Interested increases the likely hood of getting more of the same, then all the more reason to run ad blockers.

    The Channel Blocker is a 3rd party tool. It just hides the channel from view. Google shouldn't know I'm doing it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don't know if this is accurate or not, but it's the most nonsensical thing I've heard in a while. If engaging with something to say, "I don't want to see this," results in more of that content - the user will eventually leave the platform. I'm having this concern right now with my Google feed. I keep clicking not interested, yet continue getting similar content. Consequently, I'm increasingly leaning toward disabling the functionality because I'm tired of fucking seeing shit I don't care to see. Getting angry just thinking about it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    I can only offer my own experience as evidence, but this is what I was advised to do (stop engaging by not selecting anything) and it worked. Prior to that I kept getting tons of stuff that I didn't want to see, but it stopped within a few days once I stopped engaging with it. And I agree, it is infuriating.

    Because I got this advice from someone else, I guess it has worked for others too.

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