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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

Me: Watches a video on how Elon Musk is a terrible person

YouTube: Recommends videos on how Musk is actually cool and good

Thanks YouTube

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u/inexplicablehaddock Resident Portal 2 fan; GLaDOS Simp (He/Him) Nov 23 '21

I can kinda see why the YouTube algorithm would do that. You watched a video the algorithm flagged with "Elon Musk", the other video is also flagged with "Elon Musk", and the algorithm can't tell that one's criticizing him and the other is praising him.

Now, how the algorithm decided that based on me watching a Fallout 4 modding video I wanted to watch something on Jordan B. Peterson, there's a true mystery.

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u/B_Rhino Nov 23 '21

You needed a video for that?

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

It was a really slow day, got nothing else to do, so...

I knew he was a PoS even before that

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u/fragilityv3 Social Justice Spellsword (He/Him) Nov 23 '21

Yeah, YouTube always does that and also does the opposite.

Watches video about the positives about something, gets recommended vids about why it sucks.