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#dating #youtube
Aug 12, 2024 12:39 AM
bluecobalt
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#dating #youtube
triggrhaapi
This one is tricky because sometimes YT recommendations are based on what other people on your IP search, so if you have a fucking weird ass roommate or little brother you might be fucked on that test.
metroid2
Heh wouldn't work on my phone. I dint log into youtube and my browser clears history when I go to quit. It's not even trying to hide something things. I have just noticed that websites trying to be helpful are sometimes extra u helpful remembering what you looked at. Shopping websites in particular.
Greypuppy
Mine is basically just Ashens, Slow Mo Guys, various cooking videos like Jun's Kitchen, various clay/resin diorama build, video game things like Jerma, Wayneradiotv, and RTGame, music, and disaster videos like caving accidents and building collapsed.
Objectionne
I just checked mine and top of my list is "Yellow Deck in under 5 minutes (Balatro Speedruns)".
Is... is this a red flag?
SteveMND
I mean, AlternateHistoryHub would be a green flag in my book, but, well, her not appreciating that may be a red flag against HER.
PorneliusHubertII
Meh, I have to reset my yt history every few months or so, because no matter what I watch, I always get pushed into conservative shithole yt
PorneliusHubertII
I think it's because I see some stupid shitfox news said, and it's like a train wreck that forces me to share down the stupidity and yt is like, wow this guy must love this.
sixtimesseven
Better than how to be an alpha male
STGxDante
That's a green flag if I've ever seen one.
Hypothesist
Mines just music, lofi, news, movie related, and science miscellaneous
pupquine
Still remember it vividly
stoots24
Well, that WAS the original plan…
IOftenDeleteCommentsCauseISuckAtTyping
My first suggestion was a vid about soil mechanics. Fuck I'm a nerd.
Thefsm
Mine horrifies my family because it’s all ‘cannibal ate their eyeballs’ and “1,000 worst plane crashes”
languex
Why did NASA only have "Sprite"? Because they couldn't get 7 Up.
Fiss
That's easy to answer, the Count would go: "SEVEN! SEVEN DEAD ASTRNAUTS! AHHH AHHH AHHH AHHH...." with a slow tear down his monocle's felt cheek
smithdogg22
shameofslate
I remember that almost immediately after the disaster there was a joke going around that schoolteacher/astronaut Christa McAuliffe’s last words were “What does this button do?”
Predacane35
Need another Seven astronauts
teberoth
I think the debris hadn't landed for Challenger people were joking that NASA stood for Need Another Seven Astronauts.
mithiwithi
That was certainly the case in my elementary school. We watched it happen with our own eyeballs, and by lunchtime other kids were asking how many astronauts could fit in a VW beetle or what kind of shampoo Christa McAuliffe used.
TI99Kitty
Same thing at my high school. The "Need Another Seven Astronauts" one and "What color were Christa McAuliffe's eyes?"
Same fucking day.
Spidey209
NASA's favourite drink? 7 Up with a splash of Teachers.
NonFungibleUsername
No, it’s “Why did the Challenger ground crew drink Sprite? Because they couldn’t get 7-Up.”
brownribbon
Cody has the voice of a god.
parkway
In a weird way, it's kinda right lol. Folks generally gonna show their tendencies in their YT content
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Just got recommended this South African jazz album from the '60s. Dunno what it says about my tendencies but it slaps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OL9ZJkxefw
EternallyIgnorant
I get recommended Far right wing content regularly. I am very much left wing. But I watch political stuff.. maybe thats why. So maybe i watch a left wing video on andrew tate, and then i get like five videos either about him or by him, some right wing some not. Happens all the time for me.
BeerFueledAdventurer
For anyone wondering, yes, it's a real video, and yes, it's actually pretty interesting... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF-vrL0htbE
AllAnusMorissette
Kermit caused 911
PuchMaxi
PuchMaxi
Jenna's dog Kermit, he's innocent!
3KnucklesDeep
He kermitted an act of terrorism?
jesusisherelookbusy
buttcreambandit
Didn’t someone make some joke conspiracy about this?
InTheBeginningWasTheNerd
As I remember it, there was a movie produced before 9/11 but broadcast after it, and it (or part of it) showed the world without Kermit, and there was a shot of the WTC. From this, people inferred that:
World with Kermit = 9/11 happens
World without Kermit = 9/11 doesn't happen
Conclusion: Kermit somehow causes 9/11
buttcreambandit
Yes yes
NonFungibleUsername
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
Oh god not, youtube recommendations are hot garbage.
Noughmad
Not this one though, that was close to happening for real.
paintingagency
Most of mine are Bob Ross, Danheim albums, and procedurally-generated "relaxing music". Admittedly I am painfully predictable.
RadasNoir
Brb, clearing my watch history.
TheRicM
I think it’s also based on the search history
RadasNoir
Noted.
graifazig
To be fair, YT recommendations can be utter garbage at times. Like I watched on video about what the last season of Game of Throne should have done better, and for the next two weeks I've hand anti-woke stuff with usually less than 100 views per video in my recommendations, until I consequently set "don't recommend channel" to subjectively a hundred of those brainrot channels.
SithElephant
zarathon
ok, save some for the rest of us
SkinnerTBD
I'll bet the end of that sentence is " ... closeted republican convention attendees." or something in that vein.
0grish
Um, are you me?
alaest0r
I stopped using the website for my usual viewing and instead switched to the freetube desktop app since I like the UI better (and i can see new videos from my subscriptions easier/ more reliably)
But I still use the website for music... As a result, my homepage is filled with big tittied anime girls with a few tech videos scattered here and there...
HonestCommentFarmer
You're a liberal tradesman (contractor?), you're ~30 years old, you might've served in the military.
SithElephant
Arguably 1/4.
HonestCommentFarmer
Yeah, well youtube doesn't know shit about me either. It keeps recommending me voice training videos, thinking I'm a trans girl.
pdonettes
Weirdly similar to mine. I wonder if that is why I get MAGA adds all the time.
SithElephant
Fortunately, I never get MAGA ads. A) premium (I know, I know). B) Living in the UK.
somnif
Wait, Ashens is cruising in Tampa Bay? Wasn't expecting that.
SithElephant
It's a lateral move from Wish reviews.
somnif
Just another visit to Poundland I suppose...
MisterBluth
jnmjnmjnm
So, was that a red or green flag for her?
DerpMeister
I hope it was a fucking big red flag for *him*. "Hello, we just met at this party and I want to review your personal digital data before I proceed talking to you."
Jarjarthejedi
"Personal digital data" my dude...it's youtube recommendations? Taking it way too seriously if you think it's that important to keep hidden lol.
Fiss
I mean that should at least be a "Desire to know more" flag if not a green one
jnmjnmjnm
Yes, but that is the next question. Is it “interesting” or ““clinically interesting”.
TheRicM
Big 8-foot 2-inch yellow flag
meganical
It means the person is interesting or at least has a sense of dark humor, so green flag for me
HonestCommentFarmer
Ehhhh, it's WhatifAltHistory. The guy's not a Nazi, but he certainly doesn't stop them from liking his content.
DarkMagic1516
Is it just me or is asking this a red flag? Feels like they would be the "Let me see your texts" kind of person.
VodkaReindeer
I'm all for women having more tools to weed out bad hombres, but it doesn't speak highly of her if she wants to see recommendations instead of your watch history.
Jarjarthejedi
Maybe, but I'm not sure the two are linked. There's a big step between "hey, can I see what this stupid algorithm feeds you to see if there's literal nazi stuff in there?" and "I'm going to read your actual texts". There's certainly a venn diagram overlap between the two, but I don't feel it's a circle.
DarkMagic1516
It's different to use it as a conversation starter and see if you have similar interests (kinda) vs "Show me your red flags now". If you watch a nazi propaganda video one time cause your curious and more shows up in the rec does that make you a nazi? That algorithm will rec me videos I've already seen and videos I currently have tabbed even after like 20 refreshes, sometimes shows me things I've never looked up before because it's suddenly "popular" just saying it's not a reliable source.
SomeDetroitGuy
I don't know - the more I think about it, the more reasonable it seems. If their YT is all conspiracy theory videos and incel bullshit and gun porn, that's a hard pass.
DarkMagic1516
conspiracy theory videos would be interesting to watch for a variety of reasons not just because you believe it, not sure what you mean by incel bullshit, and you can think guns are cool without supporting murder just saying. Those late night rabbit holes on youtube really get ya plus 99% of my recommendations are ass, it'll even rec a video I currently have tabbed or I'll see the same video every refresh over and over again. All because it's there doesn't mean I'll watch it.
Anamesolongnoonecouldhavepossiblychosenit2
Think it's more in line with let me see your music than it is texts. Buuuut if they get real weird and controlling about it instead of it being playful/appreciative then yes, red flag
DarkMagic1516
In the post they clearly state it's to check for red flags, if they were dating it would be texts instead. Snoopers will snoop regardless of the context.
irrational1618
I have watch history turned off (I don't like google keeping a historical record of anything I do, even though 99% of what I do is look at videos about my hobbies) so I don't get any recommendations. I wonder if having no recommendations is a red flag?
Hypothesist
She’ll probably take that as a what are you hiding flag
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
I mean, they're definitely keeping a historical record of anything you do, whether it is used to give you recommendations or not.
TI99Kitty
Yep. I have watch history turned off, yet I still get plenty of recommendations.
melni
It just means you're more likely to get the far right/conspiracy stuff.
irrational1618
I don't know what you mean. When I go to youtube, there is absolutely nothing on the main page other than a message "Your Watch History is Off". To see any video in youtube, I must search for it. If I don't search, I can't see any videos since absolutely nothing appears other than the message.
dogmatix
I prefer to see their pornhub suggestions
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
HonestCommentFarmer
That's a second or third date thing. Not a party ice-breaker.
NotACanadian
"Let me see your PH recs/favorites"
Hypothesist
The number of people who leave open private tabs on their phone is hilarious
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Oh, you're looking for red flags? Well you won't find any red flags in MY feed. Here take a lo-- *spits drink*
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
I quite literally laughed out loud when I opened YouTube and saw that sitting there.
TI99Kitty
Wow, your home page looks a lot like the recommendations sidebar does on mine, most of the time.
"Yes, YouTube, I probably WOULD like that OutsideXBox video, since I'm subscribed to the channel. And Yes, I probably WOULD like 'Red Flags,
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
They're big on the "hey remember that thing you like? Eh? Eh?" method of finding things to recommend. Which I'm fine with because now I'm watching a playlist of all the OX cocktail videos.
TI99Kitty
(GODDAMMIT, IMGUR!)
"I probably WOULD like 'Red Flags,' seeing as how I SAVED IT TO MY FAVORITES." :p
mksu
Whenever I watched even one WoW lore video to see what was happening the story after I quit, my dashboard would be alt-right content for like two weeks.
Lontri
I just get more wow lore videos. Well, currently I'm getting fire mage pvp clips, and I'm tempted to turn one of my mage alts into a PvP character for funzies.
dannne
I was bored and watched "funny videos, cringe, instant karma" kind of videos. It evolved to women hating videos like "watch this feminist get owned" or "woman instant karma" and evolved from there to videos from Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson.
I started to feel a bit more angry and I realized what happen and started to block ever angry video from YouTube to teach it to stop recommending that kind of videos.
Mikeshroom
watch one work out video and it starts recomending red pill crap and andrew tate.
theDogter
I saw a clip of Rogan and he had a real palaeontologist on the show talking about g about how we know what we know, it was genuinely interesting so I watched a bunch of it. I still have weird alt history shit popping up in my feed now.
walnutbreath
You're always 2 clicks away from Nazi bullshit on YouTube.
minus0
Same with warhammer
talomox14
How? Bellular, pyro, accolonn, and nobbel should all be good.
Kbantar
I watch quite a bit of WoW youtubers, and don't get much bigoted trash.
ExecutiveProducerWolfDyck
Usually, in an elections year, I'll get tons of prager u videos no matter how many I report for terrorism.
benc85
when wow's popularity waned, a lot of people who'd build their channels around it either had to diversify or die off. most of them went into movie and comic critiquing... and that's a fucking black hole when it comes to surrounding yourself with angry basement dwellers all shouting the same thing
Wows popularity has started to build again, but they've had near a decade of giving their unsolicited opinions on everything but... dont use the people you did a decade ago, its all tainted rubbish now
Anamesolongnoonecouldhavepossiblychosenit2
I watch wow content daily and don't get that shit... usually just tries to show me smaller content creators for mmos. Hell else you watching
TheManWhoStaresAtTurtles
I had that happen on a DC comics lore video. Took a while to completely sanitize my recommends.
EternallyIgnorant
If I see a video i suspect of being nazi shit, I open the video in a NEW tab, and then check the channel looking at old vids. If it is far right wing i go to the first tab click the three dots and filter out the channel.
Isthe4thtimethecharm
I had to start down voting all gun related YT videos. I enjoy shooting, especially the WR ones. But it always leads to some dipshit taking guns too far. Or just outright dumbass right wing shit.
Zoroasterisk
When you see those videos, click the e dot menu, then click "don't recommend channel"
DatDarthCaedus
Doesn't that just make Youtube go "oh, he interacted with it, give him more of the same"?
Better open it in a private browser window, or just not at all.
STGxDante
Any interaction counts as a positive on YouTube. Including blocking and downvoting.
villlllle
I occasionally watch those, and more than occasionally the trailer for TWW, and never get that content. Have you told youtube you don't want to see that shit?
mksu
For what it's worth, Classic didn't exist except on private servers the last time I watched WoW content.
villlllle
Even if you're not interested in playing, check out The War Within trailer, it is amazing.
Salticido
The YT algorithm isn't consistent, or at least doesn't work how you'd expect. It can still recommend things similar to what you mark as "not interested" and can stop showing you things you're actually subscribed to. It exists for their profit, not for your pleasure.
villlllle
Do you, too, block certain channels outright?
TI99Kitty
Problem is, you can block, say, Fox News' channel, but eventually the algorithm will start recommending videos that repost the original channel's content. Or sometimes, it'll even try to sneak in some videos from the channel you blocked, like the algo is just making sure you really meant it, or maybe trying to see if you changed your mind.
villlllle
Yeah noticed something like that, too... always just instant reblock.
nomorehate
Whaaaat? Are WoW-ers nazis now??
MrAcurite
Steve Bannon - yes, that one - spent time running a gold farm in WoW. So, there's that.
mksu
idk about other regions, but US servers have always been filled with the sorts of people that are alt-right or highly susceptible to becoming alt-right. Not to say you can't find people who aren't like that (eg "Pridemoore"), but those people were a significant part of the community the entire time I played.
grimmgaming
Other than trade chat or barrens chat I didn't really ever see anything about politics unless it was a hot take from a troll trying to get reactions. Although I will say out of all the servers I've played on, Moon Guard has been a good time. The players create a social environment around the cities that give the game life. Just try not to get too close to Goldshire or you might catch something.
OmnibusLatinName
Thunderhorn was my jam. A lot of people went to the Barrens to get anonymous advice on life and relationships :)
grimmgaming
Haha, the Barrens chat is always top tier. It was a place to learn lessons and hear Chuck Norris jokes.
nomorehate
Hmm, I never knew. It does kind of make sense when I think about it though, a lot of those guys probably got sucked into 4chan and Qanon
mksu
I guess also, to be clear, the alt-right content I used to get on my dash after viewing WoW videos was very much the gateway stuff that had a lot of crossover appeal between neckbeard gamers, neckbeard atheists, neckbeard neckbeards, etc. I just recognized it for what it was because I've wasted way too much time in my life arguing with the alt-right online.
Keairan
Trade chat on a lot of servers was baaaaad.
OmnibusLatinName
I was usually to busy to pay any attention. Lucky I guess.
Lontri
Well, my guild is LGBTQ+ and neurospicy friendly, most of our players are some sort of leftists. We have one Trump fan though, which is weird here in Europe. Our environment is also friendly for women. There's lots of guilds with similar values, but there's also toxic boy's clubs. Sometimes someone does say something really fucking stupid, and I'll try to slap some sense into them by explaining things they clearly don't understand.
nomorehate
You sound like my kind of people!
paintingagency
I'm surprised the Trumpanzee hasn't shot their mouth off and forced you to kick them out.
DeltaBladeX
Heard YouTube was one of several social sites that would recommend such content for engagement. Doesn't matter how terrible the content is.
parkway
I mean, I watch a lot of everything, and can't say once I've seen such content lol.
DeltaBladeX
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/youtubes-algorithm-recommends-users-right-wing-religious-content-resea-rcna155478
DeltaBladeX
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/01/29/276000/a-study-of-youtube-comments-shows-how-its-turning-people-onto-the-alt-right/
DeltaBladeX
Its been a problem for a while, unfortunately. Granted, not *everyone* is going to see it, but with all the information they collect on users, they probably have some idea where it is better to focus attempts. -_-
baals
I get alot of mediastouch videos
TI99Kitty
Then they should know to stop suggesting it to me. Every couple of months I have to remind YouTube not to recommend Fox News, OAN, Breitbart, or anything that glorifies far-right views.
Like, "Okay, it's been a month or two. Are you interested in this stuff NOW? Okay... How about NOW?"
KainLamond
Classic is, not retail
Greypuppy
Part of the reason I gave up on Classic was how extremely toxic the players were. Regular WoW seemed like rock bottom till the Classic players brought out the shovels and got to digging.
SaturnineCult
Funny that my experience is totally opposite. People actually help you in classic if you ask nicely. In retail they just block you.
KainLamond
In classic BC 2 servers had to be shut down due to it, they killed off their own player base and rid markets I was in one of the guilds that did it and they were just laughing about, most of the guys were used car salesmen that were dumping a grand a week into it