• aesthelete@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    If anything, Google helps the right with their YouTube algorithm that has to be one of the fastest to right-wing radicalization available. You can open up a recipe video on YouTube and a couple of videos later they’ll have you on liberals are making the frogs gay style content.

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      3 months ago

      What if i told you that any group, organization or business that places profits and advertising revenue above objective truth and a quality product is, by default, always going to be right-wing aligned?

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      3 months ago

      It is pretty stupid. My YouTube searches are DIY home repair, how to play guitar, and fountain pen calligraphy ink/font.

      “How about some Jordan Peterson!”

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        3 months ago

        It’s the DIY stuff. You’re like a hairsbreadth away from homesteading, survivalist stuff, then prepper stuff, aaaand finally nutjob stuff.

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          3 months ago

          It’s like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. " how many categorical degrees of separation are your YouTube channels from wacko right wing nut job shit?"

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      3 months ago

      Yes but if he threatens them enough maybe they’ll fix their algorithm so it isn’t serving right wing garbage on a silver platter. I can dream.

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      3 months ago

      I doubt they care. They just give you the most outrageous shit they can, since it makes most people interract with it.