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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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[–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

All my YouTube recommendations went downhill about 3 years ago. I am bombarded by rightwing Christian stuff no matter how many times I flag and complain.

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

    I'm bombarded by Joe Rogan stuff. I keep blocking the channels but there is an endless stream of them

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

    I always downvote, then block the channel whenever I get those. However, I think the mere act of going to the button to block the channel instead of just scrolling on immediately is telling the algorithm that I want more of that kind of video.

    Watching a bit of breadtube stuff, I feel like thr algorithm can't determine what video is against stuff like that and what's for, so I get recommended videos for whatever I don't like instead of against.

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