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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:39PM (#25662939)
I watch lots of videos on guns, cars, metalworking and history with the former two mostly geared toward history and manufacturing.

I never see (amateur) political talking heads recommended. It's all trash pop-history talking heads, semi-trash documentaries and low brow entertainment related to cars and guns (e.g. demo ranch and whistlin diesel).

I recently (like yesterday) watched a semi-political talking head discuss the economics of OnlyFans after a friend linked to that particular person's analysis so it'll be interesting to see if the algo tries to drag my content toward more talking heads.

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Re:U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests by zepto on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:43PM (#25662989)
Interesting. I imagine there is more to it than just the videos.

E.g. if you live in a generally pro-gun area I think they be algorithm would probably be less likely to assume that it’s worth showing you political content.

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