Is YouTube's algo still taking people down the rabbit hole?
Yes.
Right now, the algorithm is promoting to millions of teens this conspiracy that literally says:
"We ask you to suspend your disbelief and take a journey down the rabbit hole" (1:37)
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Yes.
Right now, the algorithm is promoting to millions of teens this conspiracy that literally says:
"We ask you to suspend your disbelief and take a journey down the rabbit hole" (1:37)
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It's on a channel called "After Skool", so clearly targeting kids/teens.
It was so massively recommended that it reached 1 million views in few days
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It was so massively recommended that it reached 1 million views in few days
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One of the top comments is revealing:
"Hey YouTube? What's this doing in my recommendations? If I didn't have a basic understanding of science and the ability to recognize logical fallacies this could've sent me down the path to conspiracy paranoia"
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"Hey YouTube? What's this doing in my recommendations? If I didn't have a basic understanding of science and the ability to recognize logical fallacies this could've sent me down the path to conspiracy paranoia"
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The video has been recommended from hundreds of the most reputable channels, including TED, TED-Ed, AsapSCIENCE, SciShow, Bloomberg, Physics Girl, Scott Manley (cc: @DJSnM), NASA, etc...
So yes: it's taking people from reputable websites towards conspiracies.
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So yes: it's taking people from reputable websites towards conspiracies.
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If you're interested in seeing concrete examples of the algorithm turning against its users, thousands of problems have been collected by Mozilla:
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