• cm0002@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    It’s not the worst idea to see if someone you’re interested in generally aligns with your interests and hobbies and isn’t one of those “hidden” right wing nut cases

    • Jomega@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 months ago

      YouTube’s algorithm is garbage though, so that information is worthless. Pretty sure it pushes right wing stuff on anyone remotely interested in politics regardless of affiliation. As for me, my watch history is off, so that isn’t possible in the first place.

      • itstoowet@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        I think they flagged me as a gun nut enthusiast because my feed is literally nothing but gun videos. I am American but live in Europe; one of the reasons I moved here is because of the lack of guns!

      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
        0·
        2 months ago

        Oh God, for a while YouTube kept trying to give me right wing videos. You watch one tool review from someone you never heard of before, and all of a sudden, you start getting trad wife videos. Had to install a 3rd party channel blocker to deal with it.

        • stoy@lemmy.zip
          1·
          10 days ago

          I allways curate my watch history, if I have watched a random video outside of the main focus of my prefered categories/history, I will remove it before yt flips out