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Nicholson Baker Surfs YouTube’s Recommendation Algorithms And Winds Up In Some Ugly Places

MEDIA Posted: July 10, 2020 10:02 am

“We’re told that after the 2016 elections Google made adjustments to YouTube’s recommendation algorithm, so as not to lead impressionable gun-owning zealots frictionlessly down tunnels of paranoia. … Even so, it remains true today that the more dark, wiggy videos you consume, the darker and wiggier your playlist becomes, until you inhabit a so-called ‘filter bubble,’ while Google makes ad money off of your addictive radicalization.” – Columbia Journalism Review

MEDIA Published: Summer 2020

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