• starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I find this happens any time I engage with anything anyone on the right also likes watching, like a gun channel, or a non-political video from a right leaning channel. I think the algorithm is just saying “I saw a republican watch this once so if you watched it there’s still some chance you’ll engage with this right wing content.”

    I think it pushes it so heavily because it’s a gold mine (to the algorithm) since content by those channels is so heavily consumed.

    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      One personal benefit of RegularCarReviews coming out as gay has been the purge of right wingers from his channel.

      Still, if google can tweak the algo so kids don’t get fitness videos, I should be able to have a toogle to keep right wing videos out.