I got an email from Youtube about 11 years ago that simply said: “the algorithm has abandoned you.”
And now whenever I go there all I get is a weird orange and green moire pattern.
Teach us how to escape the matrix like you did.
Get really into videos of open network accessible security cams set to experimental dark ambient. Then fullow their creators down into Umbral Youtube and it’s videos of tidepool cams, paracausal physics discussions and Saint Seiya AMVs set to Chilean Poetry literature class lecture notes.
I would probably counter with “you wanna see my subscriptions instead? cuz I don’t fucks with no recommendations” and then she’d just walk away because she probably wasn’t even talking to me in the first place
Actual no joke second video rec in my feed:
Definite green flag for the video. Red flag for the girl, because who the fuck asks about that?
It was an actual possibility though. They genuinely did think about actually doing that for that mission and then for some reason didn’t. So there is alternate timeline out there where that’s entirely plausible. It’s not a random question.
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
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.
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.
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
Might want to see if their feed is full of Tate/Peterson videos
I get her point but that’s kinda cringy to say out loud
And I really don’t want to explain NewPipe or that I’m silently judging her for having youtube recommendations.
O no
what do you mean “again”
My recommended videos are drain cleaning, lawn maintenance, wood turning, science, and meme stuff like Stephen He.
Other than the meme stuff, I imagine the girl would get the wrong idea about both my approach to chores and my scientific background.
Drain Cleaning Australia GOAT
RIPPER! You may not believe me when I say it folks, but there’s NOWHERE I’d rather be than right here, clearing this drain with you.
I rarely watch youtube, but got this.
Light mode is going to scare her off, bro.
It isn’t a good test, because YouTube algorithms are shitty. For example, I disagree with Ben Shapiro probably 90% of the time and think he’s an odious troll, but because I watched him in a debate once, YT pushed videos of him for months after.
It’s actually a hidden test - she doesn’t care about the recommendations but wants to see if you’re using ReVanced.
