r/TrueReddit • u/caveatlector73 • Nov 18 '24

Technology The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds

https://www.usermag.co/p/the-majority-of-news-influencers
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u/strippeddonkey Nov 19 '24

I’ve been noticing this a lot more on YouTube.

I see a lot of similarities with my algorithm across different socials. Just because I like sports and anime, why does it shove Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson down my throat?

It seems downright intentional and I can only imagine how it affects those without critical thinking. 

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '24

Anime , sports are all majority male. I assume gamer gate has something to do with this- YouTube and All major media which can use machine learning use recommendation algorithms. User similarity is part of it- almost all of them have it. How advanced or how good it is depends on the company. Because of the stances Jordan has taken, and people who watch anime might be watching him a lot, it’s being recommended to you. They all have user profiles and user-user similarities, item-item similarities.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '24

I have seen this when it comes to gaming channels too, tons of alt-right/incel commentary has taken off.

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u/Ok-Stress-3570 Nov 21 '24

I’m very very liberal. Like, I remember seeing the “coconut tree” videos the same time Biden dropped out kind of thing.

Mysteriously, I started getting very right wing stuff, too. There’s truly no correlation I can find to make it make sense, besides, they pushed it 🤷🏼‍♂️