This is a key reason behind my discomfort with social media. The algorithms that seem unresponsive to clear signals of intent was the last straw. Ended up leaving YouTube over the incessant push to new channels and ragebait shit.
Anyway, lemmy might be a cesspit at times, but its a cesspit I can choose/not choose, to engage with, and thats some nice anti-monopolisation of my online experience in the design.
My wife and I have been saying “I’d really like to try parasailing” or “I wonder what parasailing is like?” or variations on parasailing, to see if it eventually pops up in our youtube feed. Two weeks so far and nothing yet. Said it about twenty times so far.