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[–] BanSwitch2Buyers@hexbear.net 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Also, are people still doing the "says a lot about you/your internet browsing habits" in response to the fucking awful shit being forced on us via ads, recommendations, etc. on the internet?

'cause that was never true and it seemingly even less than true now.

If "the algorithm" knew me at all it'd be showing me CRTs, women in anime plugsuit outfits, and 45 minute gameplay-centric analyses on games and PAX talks titled "episodes where the Pokemon animé got weird". Instead all I'm getting is "communism is evil" YouTube videos and AliExpress ads for LED lights and women's yoga pants.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

I consciously try to make my browsing habits as unprofitable as possible. YouTube is really the only algorithm driven site I use, and I use it with an extremely heavy amount of ad blocking and extremely light amount of engaging. I rarely subscribe, never like, almost never comment, and block channels if they're even a little sus.

This has resulted in it not recommending the "communism is evil" videos any more.

[–] BanSwitch2Buyers@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And before any of you cretins try to argue: the difference between a yoga pant and a plugsuit is so great in both form and function that it doesn't even need to be elaborated upon.

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

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[–] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tiktok kept trying to show me underage girls in skimpy clothes. I wasn't interested in most of the algorithm so I think that is its basement level "oh try this it works for almost everyone" - except it didn't work for me, I wasn't interested, which is why I uninstalled it and never opened it again except for what friends show me. It's celebrated, vaunted, praised algorithm completely bounced off me.

I probably would've been happier with weird science shit and cutesy dnd stuff.

[–] someone@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I recent got back onto tiktok, and despite being a cis bi man, it seems to think I'm a trans woman and/or lesbian due to all the videos I've liked out of solidarity to those commnities. Not really complaining though, most of their videos are funny as fuck.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think I've decided I never want to download any of those apps, but now I'm just thinking of the possibility that my scruples end up putting me on an extremely strange algorithm because I also absolutely would be superego liking stuff I'm not really all that interested in.

[–] someone@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

Even despite the past year+ shenanigans with tiktok's algorithm, it's still scary good at figuring out one's preferences, and there's a lot of good left-wing people on there. The trick is to make extensive use of the like button, it's really as simple as that.