Nebula has certainly improved but I still think they need to put more effort into getting new creators that aren’t political or news. I just did a skim through their uploads lists for various topics and news and/or political (or political ish) content is still the most active. Topics like technology and gaming see far less uploads.
It’s a side effect of the “no algorithm” philosophy. Without anything to suggest what you might like generating high amounts of new content let’s you dominate the feed. News is easy to generate on a daily basis.
The thoughtful channel that puts out a video once every two weeks gets on the feed once every two weeks. Then low effort garbage like man carrying things gets on the feed every day.
They need to at least let users block channels from their feed.
How to fully block pro-right, minecraft and roblox content? It doesn’t matter how many videos I mark as “not interested” or channels I block, there’s always another one that YT shows on the sidebar of related videos
Tbh I have never seen Minecraft and Roblox content at all. I do occasionally see alt right content but I block it immediately and don’t see them again.
I’ll give you a different perspective, perhaps you keep getting those kind of videos because you share some of the same beliefs as them. So maybe yt/life is trying to get you to start questioning your beliefs and interests…
maybe yt/life is trying to get you to start questioning your beliefs and interests…
Haha, no. The more likely problem is that ptBR content is sorely lacking in things I find interesting, so the Algo defaults to recommending “the next most related”. Retro gaming stuff? Look here, this other Brazilian creator is all about Roblox! Oh wait, Minecraft counts as retro! Watching news? Here’s some TOTALLY UNBIASED AND POLITICALLY NEUTRAL opinions news!
taking a guess but I already saw some other comments on another thread mention this: The chart boys in any corps will see Engagement == Profit. Thus they will tune their recommendations solely for that. And if you aren’t bothered about properly policing your video upload platform the end result is highly divisive content thats “not boring”.
Divisive content makes people angry so they engage in comments.
i used to be on reddit. And I used to get into “debates” that devolved into a slap fight and make me angry about the people who intentionally or unintentionally riled me up with outrageous (real or my own perception) opinions.
While lemmy also has slap fights, I feel like the lack of an “algorithm” tuned for engagement prevents continuous fueling of the fire, metaphorically speaking.
it may not seem like it but… being offline is the best thing you can do to your mental health. No need to overwhelm your brain with stuff happening elsewhere when you already have to deal with stuff closer to home. Being aware is generally better than being ignorant but it shouldn’t disable your daily life.
I got rid of YT and replaced it with PeerTube and Nebula. Am I a bit less entertained? Sure. Am I a lot less angry? Yup.
I’m also learning a lot more because I was forced to find new content and new creators which was actually really fun.
Nebula has certainly improved but I still think they need to put more effort into getting new creators that aren’t political or news. I just did a skim through their uploads lists for various topics and news and/or political (or political ish) content is still the most active. Topics like technology and gaming see far less uploads.
It’s a side effect of the “no algorithm” philosophy. Without anything to suggest what you might like generating high amounts of new content let’s you dominate the feed. News is easy to generate on a daily basis.
The thoughtful channel that puts out a video once every two weeks gets on the feed once every two weeks. Then low effort garbage like man carrying things gets on the feed every day.
They need to at least let users block channels from their feed.
Why did YT make you angry? I haven’t experienced it yet. I block content I’m not interested in and it goes away.
How to fully block pro-right, minecraft and roblox content? It doesn’t matter how many videos I mark as “not interested” or channels I block, there’s always another one that YT shows on the sidebar of related videos
Tbh I have never seen Minecraft and Roblox content at all. I do occasionally see alt right content but I block it immediately and don’t see them again.
I’ll give you a different perspective, perhaps you keep getting those kind of videos because you share some of the same beliefs as them. So maybe yt/life is trying to get you to start questioning your beliefs and interests…
Haha, no. The more likely problem is that ptBR content is sorely lacking in things I find interesting, so the Algo defaults to recommending “the next most related”. Retro gaming stuff? Look here, this other Brazilian creator is all about Roblox! Oh wait, Minecraft counts as retro! Watching news? Here’s some TOTALLY UNBIASED AND POLITICALLY NEUTRAL
opinionsnews!taking a guess but I already saw some other comments on another thread mention this: The chart boys in any corps will see Engagement == Profit. Thus they will tune their recommendations solely for that. And if you aren’t bothered about properly policing your video upload platform the end result is highly divisive content thats “not boring”.
Divisive content makes people angry so they engage in comments.
i used to be on reddit. And I used to get into “debates” that devolved into a slap fight and make me angry about the people who intentionally or unintentionally riled me up with outrageous (real or my own perception) opinions.
While lemmy also has slap fights, I feel like the lack of an “algorithm” tuned for engagement prevents continuous fueling of the fire, metaphorically speaking.
sounds like you made some big progress in life
it may not seem like it but… being offline is the best thing you can do to your mental health. No need to overwhelm your brain with stuff happening elsewhere when you already have to deal with stuff closer to home. Being aware is generally better than being ignorant but it shouldn’t disable your daily life.