This is especially true if you are in tech, I have over 800 videos in my watch later that are all from technical conferences, individual contributors, meetups that were all interesting enough for me to want to watch (and save) but haven't seen yet. There's an immense amount of value out there.

youtube videos at least take efforts to make. Tweets are cheap as dirt. I have my own thoughts, opinions and ideas, I'm not impressed to hear that other people have them too.

The problem is not that other people have political thoughts, it's that this despicable platform constantly tries to push them in your face even if you're not interested in them with things like the algorithmic timeline (that "accidentally" re-enables itself every so often) and showing tweets from people you don't follow.

I think the problem with current recommendation systems is lack of user's ability to customize them. I don't like youtube's algorithm either.

However, I do not want to just tell them what I like and let them indulge my addictions forever and put me into some sort of echo chamber.

Recommendation is hard.

> I think the problem with current recommendation systems is lack of user's ability to customize them.

This is a feature - the point is that if you were able to fully customize the recommendation algorithm you'll end up opting out of all the bullshit the platform wants you to "engage" with.

With the pandemic having seriously blurred the line between work and private life, I feel that all social networks, including LinkedIn, have degenerated into political shitshows.

This is a major understatement.

My hobby channels have completely dominated every other form of content in my life at this point.