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Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by joecot on Friday February 04, 2022 @11:26PM (#30217415)
On the other hand as a male in my 30s spotify recommends Joe Rogan and Jorden Peterson to me approximately every 5 minutes.
Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by bachmeier on Friday February 04, 2022 @11:31PM (#30217453)
I can't watch a YouTube video without getting a JP recommendation.
Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by mikeyouse on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:36AM (#30217983)
I had honestly assumed after JP ended up nearly dying in a shady Russian "alt therapy" detox facility for his benzo addiction, at least partially due to the all-meat diet his crank daughter developed, the fervency of people suggesting him as some sort of "authority" would die down. Jokes on me I guess.
Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by pmarcelll on Saturday February 05, 2022 @10:51AM (#30222229)
You seem to be missing or intentionally ignoring some additional facts:

* his addiction was caused by the increase in his prescribed dosage (so he could cope with his wife's cancer diagnosis and treatment - which was initially considered terminal by her doctors) * he had to look for alternative treatments after his wife's cancer treatment has started working and he tried to cut back on his dosage, unsuccessfully (he tried to go practically cold turkey by his own admission, which made it worse, you can criticize him for not handling it properly) * to my knowledge, he's still doing the all meat diet to this day, along with his daughter (since it keeps her symptom free after years of severe autoimmune disease)

Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by hatware on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:02PM (#30223090)
Most opponents to Peterson don't know the first thing about him. It's quite sad because they're the same types that think COVID misinformation is something to worry about.
Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by LudwigNagasena on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:11PM (#30223206)
North American doctors like to overprescribe stuff like opioids or benzos. Wouldn't you think he is more of a crank if he denied his doctor's treatment?
Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by stjohnswarts on Friday February 04, 2022 @11:41PM (#30217533)
I don't know how people do youtube without ublock origin...
Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by missedthecue on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:38AM (#30217992)
They're not talking about paid ads
Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by gkbrk on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:30AM (#30218374)
uBlock Origin can block more than just ads. It has "annoyance" filters, premade lists for cookie popups, and a lot more.

On top of the lists, each user can block annoying things they dislike easily. Just right click the recommended videos section and automatically add it as a uBlock Origin rule.

Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by aqme28 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @10:43AM (#30222146)
Can you block recommendations on ublock? I haven't seen that.
Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by guerrilla on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:15PM (#30223253)
You can block anything with uBlock, so, yes. Learn how to use the picker tool (looks like an eyedropper.)
Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by dymk on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:11PM (#30223864)
You might enjoy the extension SponsorBlock, which will auto-skip the sponsored segments within the video itself.
Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by blisterpeanuts on Saturday February 05, 2022 @09:36PM (#30228737)
I'm curious -- since monetization depends on ads, and youtubers also derive income from sponsored segments, doesn't a blocker deprive them of income? Or is the blocker undetected?
Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by dymk on Sunday February 06, 2022 @02:24AM (#30230258)
I mean, I pay for Youtube Premium, so they're getting paid for my views regardless.

The addon does the equivalent of scrub forward in the video, which... I don't think creators (and therefore the sponsors paying them) have any way of seeing that some segment of their video is being skipped. Everybody is happy!

I just don't need to see yet another outdated 2 minute segment for N*rdV*N or K*wi Co.

Re:Spotify deletes 70 Joe Rogan episodes by d0gsg0w00f on Saturday February 05, 2022 @11:01AM (#30222341)
I don't get much out of Joe Rogan but I love JP.