Why is youtube recommending conservative "talking points" to me? - eviltoast

Hi, I am a guy in early thirties with a wife and two kids and whenever I go on youtube it always suggests conservative things like guys dunking on women, ben shapiro reacting to some bullshit, joe rogan, all the works. I almost never allow it to go to that type of video and when I do it is either by accident or by curiosity. My interest are gaming, standup comedy, memes, react videos, metalurgy, machining, blacksmithing, with occasional songs and videos about funny bullshit and I am not from america and I consider myself pretty liberal if I had to put it into terms used in america. But european liberal, so by american standards a socialist. Why does it recommend this shit to me, is this some kind of vector for radicalization of guys in my category? Do you have similar experience?

  • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    You can see what Google (thinks it) knows about you.

    • Go to your Google Account (https://myaccount.google.com)
    • Manage your Google Account
    • Select Privacy and personalisation.
    • Under this Data & privacy page you’ll find History Settings, Ad Settings, and more.
    • For example, go to Ad Settings and click on Ad Personalization.
    • Now you’ll see How your ads are personalized.

    I think you can even remove stuff if you want.