You watch a Trump rally: you get suggested white supremacist videos, sometimes, auto-playing. Like a gateway drug theory of engagement.
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I've seen this work across the political spectrum. YouTube algo has discovered out-flanking and "red-pilling" is.. engaging. So it does.
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I would be interested in that last take if I wasn't sure it was bullshit. And therein lies the problem
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my teens are using YouTube as primary entertainment source, typically watching w/headphones. Harder to monitor than tv in fam rm
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My parents are using YT as primary entertainment/news, and I've found myself using vocabulary like the parents of a teen. ++
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that's exactly what right wing says about other side. for instance my problem with the algo is "toy eggs/playing videos.
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But it's also part of "good information" ecology. That's what makes the algo issue so pernicious
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ever seen the 5 star distopian movie? Worth a watch: some sort of raelian/scientologic/techno delirium (25% of votes in polls)
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Yes YouTube is the #1 most popular site in rightwing info ecosystem in US. We need more short videos.#2 is (religious) Conservapedia
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Oh god, so true. My cousin has become a flat-earther and uses stupide youtube videos to back up her position. :(
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No planet we have ever looked at was square or triangle why would this planet be so different
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