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You watched the video and scrolled the feed so the algo gave you more of it. Simple as that.
Yup. The sad truth is there’s no shortage of videos out there just waiting for you to engage, they will feed you literally anything at all as long as it gives them a click and some advertising money. It’s the scariest part about social media and the algorithms, because many many people are not even conscious enough to question what they’re being fed, and will just mindlessly soak it all up and take it as fact.
On the one hand yea it’s out of control and is partially to blame for the dumbing down of society, on the other hand it’s just the evolution of tabloids. People have always been bored and gullible.
Sure, the algo suggested some of these videos multiple times, before I even watched one of them fully.
People who watch conspiracy videos tend to watch a lot of conspiracy videos, which the algorithm likes. So if your watch history suggests you might watch a conspiracy video, it'll suggest them to you so that you'll hopefully get pulled in and watch a bunch of videos.
Would that not mean that they're trending though?
They're trending heavily in their community, but nowhere else. It's like how a bunch of audiophiles will probably watch a review of some super-expensive set of headphones, but nobody else will be interested at all.
To add to the other reply, you also don't need to watch a full video, they register slight pauses as you scroll. They also build a profile using all their platforms and multiple types of data.
I'm growing convinced the media is trying to distract us from
- labor strikes
- that we just had the hottest 3 days in the last 150,000 years
- that the Atlantic is record hot and we're entering hurricane season
- that Antarctica isn't replenishing ice at what should be the peak of it's winter
- that a new gis report suggests the Pacific Northwest won't have any sand beaches by the year 2100
- that there's a mass coral die off underway
- or that we've got new records for the amount of greenhouse gases released
It's been a bad news summer for people who hope to have a future
YT, Instagram, FB etc. all use personalized algorithms. If they think you're into conspiracy bullshit, then they will drown you in conspiracy bullshit. The more you browser it, the more they'll suggest it to you. You're just feeding the algorithm and the algorithm feeds you back.
I would expect it to be trending because of the US congress session on UFOs last week.
That said, you have no evidence it's treading at all. You were just victim of the closed data-feed Midas touch, where everybody that touches trash becomes trash. Start blocking things now before you lose your feeds for good.
The funny thing about all this is that it is getting conspiracy people to agree with AOC, which I find hilarious.
I want aliens to exist and be here as much as the next guy but this has all been suspicious to me. Especially with Matt Gaetz supporting letters pushing it.
Yea it’s basically criminals lying to distract dummies. It works well. The dude in North Carolina that puts out all the deep state shit is a convicted pedophile from NJ.
This Place Sucks on HBO is a good movie that exposes some of the bs spread by conspiretards.
People just want aliens... Let them be, I say.
The whole UAP thing, and how it's been handled since forever, and all the related stuff, that's not helping things.
By "related stuff" I mean, for example, how the US congress people are after the Pentagon's budget. My personal conspiracy theory is that their aim isn't to save taxpayer money, but have a peek into more military projects so they can maybe find something to get a cut on. So it makes sense for them to make a ruckus about potential aliens instead.
See, conspiracy theories are easy to make. And honestly, with military/security/government shit, you truly never know.
UAP business aside, I’m glad congress is asking questions. We shouldn’t be paying taxes and then have our money just disappear into a black hole with zero accountability and oversight.
I have also noticed that there been more conspiracy videos, but for me it's all been ufo related.
This too, is a conspiracy...
Ah-ha! So you admit he was right!
Probably. Conspiracy theory can be a great source of content to create when the platforms heavily prioritize screen time.
They're easily digestible, intriguing, and one can be the seed to begin a spiral of the same content, created by the same author.
Yeah. There are more of them now.
I'd argue conspiracies have always been trending for more than a few years now, it's just they've reached mainstream now. If you're in the US they have definitely been a major part of the political culture here and is one of the reasons there is so much distrust in any authority. Sad to see though.
I think its just the internet bringing together all these folks with time on their hands and are not right in the head. My go to description was the guy talking to himself at the 7/11 (make more sense for folks that experienced the world 1990's and before). Pretty much since the 9/11 one its just been one after another. And guess what!? Since about 2000 I hardly ever see the guys at the 7/11 (or gas station convenience store of choice) talking to themselves.
It's not just aliens and conspiracy theories. The last couple of years there's been a jump in astrology too. Years and years of nothing and now it's mainstream again?
Yea it’s basically criminals lying to distract dummies. It works well. The dude in North Carolina that puts out all the deep state shit is a convicted pedophile from NJ.
This Place Sucks on HBO is a good movie that exposes some of the bs spread by conspiretards.
Another example, Fireship that has absolutely nothing to do with conspiracy theories, themed this video with alien-fuzz.
People love conspiracy theories though, both on the fringes of the political spectrum as well as the mainstream. If may be that what you're seeing is a rise in conspiracy theories that you're not familiar with or agree with, or that you're stepping outside of your comfort zone on the internet.
Yeah the internet has driven everybody crazy. Large addictive platforms that feed you more of what you interact with, putting you in a "bubble", seem to be the root cause.
this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2023
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