Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed

Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed by jkubicek on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @03:07PM (#42954361)

> But these days half of it is outrage bait, ranging from "WOKE LIBTARD GETS DESTROYED" to "TRUMP LOSES HIS MIND", or malicious clickbait like "you won't believe what the cast if $tv_show looks like now" with some AI generated thing of one cast member being horribly maimed. Even on stuff that has nothing to do with any of that, like some music video.

I don't know what I'm doing differently than you, but I don't see ANY of that. The worst, most clickbaity Youtube content I see is poorly done rip-offs of Primitive Technology.

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Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed by arp242 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @03:46PM (#42954859)

First example I tried: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLF-f4kUtAw

7th recommended is " "YOU WILL BE INDICTED AND JAILED! " Jim Jordan SILENCE Overconfident Hillary Clinton" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbqHVba3Ohs)

I'm not logged in. I don't save cookies.

Unfortunately my regular internet has an outage and I need to rely on a mobile hotspot which YouTube seems to throttle with 20 second delays on everything, so looking for more examples is a bit painful at the moment. But having 1 to 3 of this kind of thing is common.

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Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed by int_19h on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @11:11PM (#42958993)

FWIW I pretty much only see music videos in recommendations for the one you've linked to if I open it in a private Safari tab.

(If I use my normal session, it's still all music, but skewed more towards my personal tastes.)

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Re:Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed by defrost on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @11:15PM (#42959011)

Very much the same for myself as for you.

I suspect the GP comment is tainted by the video history by IP associations of

> I need to rely on a mobile hotspot

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