• Opinionhaver@feddit.uk
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    3 days ago

    No, it doesn’t. If I watch a 15-second funny video from nine years ago, my feed gets flooded with other short clips like that - that’s just how the algorithm works. My personal experience doesn’t support the claim that right-wing media is being disproportionately pushed to people who aren’t interested in it. If I click on that kind of video, it means I’m interested in it - so of course I get recommended more.

    • Gamma@beehaw.org
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      3 days ago

      Fair, I spoke too strongly. My bad!

      I regularly get ads for airbrushed right wing talking heads arguing with college kids. That’s paid so not only the algorithm, but it is annoying!

    • Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      My personal experience doesn’t support the claim that right-wing media is being disproportionately pushed to people who aren’t interested in it.

      They didn’t ever make that claim, that’s just your straw man.