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   AnarchoNinaWrites (anarchoninawrites@jorts.horse)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 00:24:26 JST AnarchoNinaWrites

   I mean, the "don't recommend this channel" button is nice YouTube, but where's the "fire the maker of this channel directly into the fucking sun" button?

   #StopRecommendingNazisYouTube

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     AnarchoNinaWrites (anarchoninawrites@jorts.horse)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 00:24:25 JST AnarchoNinaWrites

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     Me: "I want to watch some extremely mainstream network sports analysis of Detroit's 4th quarter collapse."

     YouTube: "Cool but after that how about you watch 8 videos of Jason Whitlock carrying water for white supremacists and nazis?"

     Me: "Umm, no. You know what, forget about it, let's watch some history documentaries instead."

     YouTube: "History? We heard you like history so here's a video from KlausBarbieWorld about all the good things Hitler gave us..."

     #ShootMyScreen

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     Ⓐ Dirk Ritter (gnumatic@deppenkessel.de)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 00:24:33 JST Ⓐ Dirk Ritter

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     @AnarchoNinaWrites

     The evil thing about YouTube & friends is that people get the impression it is them who decide what to play, when in reality it's more like hopping channels on Corp. hellworld TV.

     At least you have to be *very* stubborn, selctive and precise to get to the meaningful stuff out there *eventually*.

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     eilidh, improved +200% (sidepony@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 00:24:43 JST eilidh, improved +200%

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     @AnarchoNinaWrites Sometimes at work I get to see the YouTube main page on a new browser, with content suggestions based on nothing other than the collective viewing habits of some 200-odd people sharing a single IP address. And then I get to play the fun game of trying not to think too much about what fraction of the nazi and other malodorous content is just YouTube being excited to put that shit on their main page, and what fraction of it is based on what my coworkers are actually watching on their breaks, and which of those two options is worse. 🙃

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     AnarchoNinaWrites (anarchoninawrites@jorts.horse)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 00:24:51 JST AnarchoNinaWrites

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     • eilidh, improved +200%

     @sidepony I mean I definitely don't watch any nazi shit, but I do watch things about the news, and YouTube's algorithm very clearly takes a "teach the controversy" approach that I am 100% sure is normalizing and spreading fascist ideology.

     The best example is that if you search up videos critical of fascists and the things fascists are doing in the news, it will then feed you videos BY those fascists and other fascists defending them. Every single time.

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     eilidh, improved +200% (sidepony@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 00:24:57 JST eilidh, improved +200%

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     @AnarchoNinaWrites Oh, I know. Believe me, I have enough interests that YouTube has decided are nazi-adjacent that I'm constantly playing "don't recommend this channel" whack-a-mole too.