YouTube's tendency to push everyday users toward politically extreme content

Re:YouTube's tendency to push everyday users toward politica... by ddebernardy on Saturday September 08, 2018 @03:17AM (#17939864)

She recently got interviewed in Ezra Klein's show to discuss the same:

https://art19.com/shows/the-ezra-klein-show/episodes/109611f...

To paraphrase one of the better soundbites in the show: YouTube is like that friend in high school who always outdoes you no matter what you do. You're vegetarian, she's vegan; you're moderate left or right, she's at the more extreme end of the political spectrum; etc.

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Re:YouTube's tendency to push everyday users toward politica... by codq on Saturday September 08, 2018 @11:56AM (#17941376)

Thanks for using this Art19 link, I’d never heard of this company. Glad to know there are folks out there hard at work ruining podcasts.

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Re:YouTube's tendency to push everyday users toward politica... by ddebernardy on Saturday September 08, 2018 @01:17PM (#17941755)

Out of curiosity, why are you writing they're ruining podcasts? (FWIW, I wasn't aware of them until today, when I searched that podcast's permalink on their site.)

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Re:YouTube's tendency to push everyday users toward politica... by Chickenality on Saturday September 08, 2018 @03:21PM (#17942313)

This is my first time hearing about art19. But after a quick visit to their site, I can guess at what GP was referring to. Looks like they do listener tracking, targeted ads, dynamic ad insertion, etc.

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