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from the Why-is-it-you-can-"regret"-but-cannot-just-"gret"? dept.
Mozilla is trying to shame YouTube into doing more to fix its numerous recommendation algorithm issues, many of which can lead users down dangerous content spirals.
With a new social media campaign called #YouTubeRegrets, Mozilla is asking people to submit their own experiences of falling down the recommendation rabbit hole, and discuss how they got from point A to point B. Everything is done through a Google Doc, which includes a little more information about the project.
"Once, at 2 a.m., you searched YouTube for 'Did aliens build Stonehenge?' Ever since, your YouTube recommendations have been a mess: Roswell, wormholes, Illuminati," Mozilla writes. "YouTube's recommendation engine can lead users down bizarre rabbit holes — and they're not always harmless."
If, somehow, you find insufficient distraction on YouTube, check out this oldie-but-goodie 19 Wikipedia Pages That'll Send You Into A Week-Long Wikihole. It's exactly what's on the tin; highly recommended. Unless you have too much to do; in that case do NOT go there.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 13 2019, @08:16PM (2 children)
When was the last time? Post 2013 the propaganda has been turned up.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 13 2019, @09:41PM (1 child)
What happened around 2013 to make this propaganda spin up? Not just in the US, but also in Western Europe.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 13 2019, @10:49PM
You'll have to watch the real news on youtube to find out (NDAA 2013 legalized targeting the American public with propaganda) .