Fox News viewership linked to belief in a racist conspiracy theory
3h 46m ago by mander.xyz/u/fossilesque in nottheonion from www.psypost.org
It’s not just Fox. I stumbled into a “default” YouTube algorithm today, and was bombarded with all sorts of, for lack of a better word, podcast bros. Mostly conservative ragebait, though it sampled trash from the whole political spectrum.
Anyway, I just remember glimpses of videos on “what you weren’t taught about Native Americans,” cleanly presented economics, celebrity podcast talks and such basically being “Hey kids! Let’s gently introduce you to White Replacement Theory.” But it’s never explicit; it’s reasonable sounding, professionally presented content building it up by proxy.
…It’s all a machine. In a different life, I could see myself falling into those traps.
Ew... I remember this one time I stayed at an AirBnB and forgot to log off YouTube on the TV. OMG the stuff that was in my feed for months!
Don’t use the feed, then!
I’ve deleted official YT apps from my stuff. It’s just too manipulative. Using Unwatched to just queue up stuff on occasion is so much more peaceful.
Not that it helps now, but you can remove videos from your history so it doesn't influence the type of videos it's serving up.
Also, you can force log out of devices remotely
It has to be on purpose. I have to clear out history and watch to try and normalize. I think Shane Gillis is a gateway
Not necessary true. I have my watch history off, been off for years. A couple days ago they took away recommended videos from its home page. I toggle watch history to get recommended back, and I got the same thing. Tons of chud content.
You also get weird stuff like this, "Documentary" on Biblical Giants we share a world with the people, the viewers, not giants.
I peeked at unlogged in YouTube the other day, and it is horrifying.
In other news, eating shit will make you ill
That's liberal propaganda
breaking news: fork found in kitchen
I have depleted my stockpile of shock.
This is not nottheonion. See the pinned post at the top of the community for why.
It doesn't need to be a "conspiracy theory" for immigrants to support pro-immigration policies leading to a positive feedback loop? It's a pretty straight forward eventuality
There's basically two parties to pick from in the US and right now it's a no brainer
We're an immigrant nation that's the point the founding fathers were all immigrants, yes pro immigrant is the default position the way it's been since 1776.
Funny how they didn't seem to care about the white immigrants from South Africa