Im just kinda confused. The last overtly religious video I watched was when I was having an existential crisis 7 years ago, why on earth does yt see me watching a video about the history of waffles and think: "you know what this guy wants to see? Someone going on about how our Lord and saviour Elon musk is going to bring about the rapture."

[–] ekZepp 55 points 8 months ago (2 children)

All it takes is one random click on some vague "theory channel", or the the same subject like in this case "musk"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

My Google news feed has apparently decided I want to know more about that absolute fucking ghoul from Blackrock that has declared we're not sacrificing enough of finite time on Eath to capitalism because I read one article about him and choked down the reflexive vomit, and has been giving me more and more articles about him all day.

This is how bubbles are created, I'm sure.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not even that - if you don’t have thumbnail previewing disabled, I’m sure that anything you hover over, intentionally or unintentionally, or even just bump the mouse onto while getting up, will probably affect your recommendations.

Also, they may be trying to work ML shit into it and are just fucking it up in a subtly spectacular fashion.

[–] Gabu 1 points 8 months ago

they may be trying to work ML shit into it and are just fucking it up in a subtly spectacular fashion.

Have been for nearly a decade.

I’m sure that anything you hover over, intentionally or unintentionally, or even just bump the mouse onto while getting up, will probably affect your recommendations.

I think it's only if you pass a threshold

[–] iamdisillusioned 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Because this stupid shit is spreading like wildfire. My mom won't stop sending me videos like this.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

Every time I visit my parents I go through their YouTube now and unsub from all the weird shit. I always get the same response from them "idk I didn't sub to that" children man, they come in all ages. I ask her "then why do you randomly drop dog whistles that line up with what's being currently spouted by the right?" 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

You have my deepest condolences

[–] dustyData 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe you don't want to watch it. But the algorithm is meant to maximize viewing time. And someone (several someone's) with a similar profile and tastes to yours went on a viewing rampage in the past. So they are shooting their shot that you'd behave like your peers.

This kind of videos are also engagement bait. So they are the algorithm darlings. Optimizing for engagement will always result in the most extremist and unhinged content being promoted. The mildly curious about spirituality to religious nutjob pipeline is very real.

[–] Gabu 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Man, if I didn't have morals, getting rich would be so easy...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Hmmm you sure you're not watching other techbro stuff? Religion isn't the only factor in play with Elon Musk the Saviour. That said, have a satanic algorithm cleanser here and a magical one here, pushing you towards "atheist mystic scholar" which is pretty much the diametrical opposite of TV evangelist fare. If you want hardcore scholar stuff within an Abrahamic context that also exists. With that under your belt and seen the algorithm should realise that rapture heroin will have no effect on you, presumably it's pushing it because it gets a lot of engagement when it leads people down that path.

The best antidote to techbro stuff should be things like tesla takedowns as well as actual science journalism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

a satanic algorithm cleanser here

a magical one here

that also exists

tesla takedowns

actual science journalism

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago

I fucking love this button. Every now and then YouTube spams me stupid channels and this gets rid of them.

Until you know.YouTube decides to recommend another stupid channel.

Thank you Google.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

This button never works for me anymore. It just keeps recommending the channel.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That button never worked:

Go into your YT history (https://www.youtube.com/feed/history) and delete the offending video. Your recommendations should be back to normal within 24 hours (ish). There’s even a search bar for it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://www.piped.video/feed/history

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] Zehzin 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also turn off history

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Turning off history will get you more of these videos

[–] Zehzin 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Not if you watch one videogame related thing then all you recommendations become about how the woke mob is ruining society with pronouns.

I forgot to mention you need to make the main page redirect to your subscribed page

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

More than that, “not interested.” So it doesn’t recommend the channel or anything like that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

that shows engagement to YouTube

[–] Gabu 1 points 8 months ago

Does nothing if you're being spammed because YT thinks you'd fall for the content mill scam.