• lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    482·
    5 days ago

    This is not a story of the algorithm predicting what you like. It’s showing if you expose a human to the same content over and over again. It can change their way of thinking in order to like the thing they are exposed to. Even more so if they don’t know how it works and the person think everyone is into slime. I need to be into it too to fit in. It’s very powerful if you want to manipulate populous. It’s algorithm induced Stockholm Syndrome.

    • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      5 days ago

      It’s showing if you expose a human to the same content over and over again. It can change their way of thinking in order to like the thing they are exposed to.

      See also: top 40 radio

  • Eggyhead@lemmings.world
    28·
    5 days ago

    I’m certain my YouTube feed is trying to radicalize me into some kind of culture warrior. It’s really annoying. I deleted all of my watch history to try and reset it and it just got way worse real quick. I watch one stupid video, now all I see are angry tubers upset that people don’t think exactly like they do and enjoy things they don’t. Then they convince themselves they’re more enlightened than anyone else because they make this content and ban anyone who makes fun of them, all while claiming to be “free speech advocates” of course.

    YouTube got bad so fast it’s left my head spinning.

    • Jyrdano@lemmy.world
      5·
      4 days ago

      Yup, last week Ive clicked on a YT video of certain game, shut it down about 1 minute in after realising it was just another rage-baiting angry youtuber lamenting how the game is too woke. Now all I get is recommendations of angry anti-woke youtube videos bashing the game I actually enjoy.

    • Ephera@lemmy.ml
      1·
      5 days ago

      If you want it to just not recommend things, you might prefer switching to an RSS feed, or to something like NewPipe.