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Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by stephen_cagle on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @07:48PM (#25524062)
Yeah, it is absurd. All of my youtube subscriptions (all 60+ of them) are educational or personal interest things. But let your reptilian brain click on one stupid video of a scantily clad woman and your recommendations will just go down the freaking drain...
Re:‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked ... by CapricornNoble on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @09:06PM (#25524443)
This is why my YT feed is full of women's longjump and polejump vids, and the comment sections on those "sports" vids are a bunch of guys joking about how no one is there because they follow athletics.

https://youtu.be/RQBIreEyCc4