• killeronthecorner@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No, YouTube just has an (among other examples) “young white western male” problem.

    The algorithm works hard to jam you into a pigeon hole no matter how abhorrent you find the pigeon shit contained therein.

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      1 year ago

      It’s an AI problem. Because the algorithm only looks at things you have done, which after some time include you looking at its recommendations, it cannot see past the bucket it has you in.

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        1 year ago

        It’s more about your demographic. Doesn’t matter if you’ve never watched anything even remotely related to JRE, if it’s popular around your local area it’ll be recommended to you.