Comment by Sohcahtoa82

Comment by Sohcahtoa82 4 days ago

I wonder what you're watching to make YouTube think you want to see it.

I don't see Jordan Peterson or any of those right-wing videos in my suggestions at all.

I just went to my front page, and everything there is stuff I'm interested in. There's the latest clip from a Hell's Kitchen episode, a Gamers Nexus video, an aviation incident with ATC recordings, a video from Fully Ramblomatic (game reviewer), a video on how to to use a cable comb and why you'd want to, a LockPickingLawyer video, videos related to MS Flight Simulator, mountain biking, Factorio, Technology Connections, Adam Savage's Tested...

There is literally not a single suggested video that I wouldn't be interested in in the first 3 pages of my YouTube front page.

So when people complain that YouTube is constantly suggesting right-wing content, brainrot, and MrBeast, I don't know what the hell they're talking about.

Heck, I watch Legal Eagle, which gets pretty political, and yet I don't get basically any political content suggestions.

Are you guys not logged in or something? Constantly browsing from incognito windows?

swatcoder 4 days ago

Just from your summary, your viewing habits put out vivid, clear signals that you like commercialized hobbies like gaming and mountain biking.

Not everybody telegraphs how to get into their wallet as well as you do!

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myko 4 days ago

I'm logged in.

I let YouTube remember my history indefinitely. I've never been recommended MrBeast (and only recently-ish heard of him, the last year or so). Maybe years ago, I watched some clips of Joe Rogan if they popped up, but I've never been a regular listener.

My earlier comment shouldn't have been so down on YouTube - overall, my recommendations are good. But it does concern me that the algorithm consistently tries to push Peterson on me.

I do watch a lot of sports commentary and breakdowns, maybe that leads down the path to Peterson?

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