* Centrist content links to liberal content at over twice the rate it links to conservative content.
* Proportionally more conservative content links to centrist or liberal content than either liberal or centrist content links to conservative content.
* Liberal content links to itself at the highest proportional rate.
Granted, who knows what portion of liberal or conservative content counts as extreme. But concerns over YouTube extremism almost always has to do with conservative extremism and the data does not suggest conservative content is being promoted by YouTube.
When I say "extreme" I mean "extreme" in all senses, not just politically extremist. Could be just an extremely one-sided view of something ("why X sucks") or even a "top 10" or "worst fail" video.
> When I say "extreme" I mean "extreme" in all senses, not just politically extremist.
I don't consider your opinion invalid, but I do get the sense that the majority of concern over the YouTube "rabbit hole" is about promoting politically extreme content. My comments, since the beginning, have been specific to the allegation of pushing users to the extremes politically. I tried had to be explicit about this, and even edited my comment (prior to your comment, mind you) to more explicitly spell out the fact that I'm not talking about extreme things that aren't political (e.g. the "Elsagate" issues of shock content getting recommended to kids).
If this is the issue you're taking, then bear in mind that it is not in scope of what I am pointing out, and I don't think it's on scope for the majority of people's discussions about the "YouTube rabbit hole".
Key findings:
* Centrist content links to liberal content at over twice the rate it links to conservative content.
* Proportionally more conservative content links to centrist or liberal content than either liberal or centrist content links to conservative content.
* Liberal content links to itself at the highest proportional rate.
Granted, who knows what portion of liberal or conservative content counts as extreme. But concerns over YouTube extremism almost always has to do with conservative extremism and the data does not suggest conservative content is being promoted by YouTube.