• Des [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    watched the vid, then looked to see what recommended populated on the right

    using FreeTube with Invidious and there’s no youtube account associated with it

    and after a few related videos on the recommended, which is just the pure algorithm, is just an endless stream of right wing shit. some related to gaming, then just chud news

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      I randomly decided to try creating a new Youtube account yesterday just to see if I’d get asked to cough up a phone number. I didn’t which was interesting.

      Anyway, the recommended videos were Asmongold’s Trump inauguration coverage and some chud shit about woke whatever. Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and now Tiktok are all so, so cooked

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      Several years ago I remember hearing from a comrade that youtube’s upper management is full of ideological fascists, so that sort of thing never surprises me even though it’s always horrifying