I did a weeklong purge of everything last year to dial in the algorithm and it was pretty ok but the last 3 days it has been just complete trash from recommending reactionaries as well as some guy with 50 views playing a game I've never heard of. Is this just me or did they fuck with something

  • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    The algorithm keeps giving me various troops/veterans content creators. I'll admit that is my own fault since I have a morbid fascination with american military culture and can't help but watch to gain an insight into their horrific worldview.

    • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      It's so bleakly simplistic, I once watched one of those guys demonstrate clearing a house, and when he mentioned having killed lots of "bad guys" behind doors, I had to full stop to realize that while this guy was technically an effective troop and also older than me, he was epistemologically still a small child, and that American culture (especially the chuddy religious variety) incentivizes people to adopt this kind of chipper, violent ignorance. The latter was obvious, but I'd never run up against such golden retreiver-brain before.