• kbal@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    If you’re suspecting the youtube comments of being manipulated in ways that are contrary to the interests of Canada, you’re not nearly paranoid enough. You should be suspecting the youtube video recommendations algorithm.

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      23 hours ago

      I was watching the election results on the YouTube of an independent left leaning news group. I never log in to YouTube and rarely use it - at least the top 5 suggested videos based on what I was watching were right leaning news outlets also covering the election. I had to scroll quite a bit to even find even major publications like CBC.

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        thats the same, i was literally on reddit, on the youtube subreddit i was claiming how youtube pushes alot of far right wing news while not logged in. and the people on the sub threw a hissy fit, and say it doesnt happen and accused me of looking for far right content. bitch because im not addicted to reddit i dont log in like you fools, and you are WHINING about an influencers on youtube, on reddit. and then i said you are getting ragebaited by getting the influencers in your feed