•  Opinionhaver   ( @Opinionhaver@feddit.uk ) 
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      7 months 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.

      •  Ganbat   ( @Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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        7 months 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.

      •  Gamma   ( @GammaGames@beehaw.org ) 
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        7 months 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!