The same thing happens to me as well. I don't know who Ben Shapiro is besides knowing he's "not liberal" and have never watched his videos but they are recommended in the sidebar of almost any video I watch.
I looked up the hip-hop artist Mac Miller when he died of a drug overdose and the all of the recommended videos were of his pop star ex-girlfriend being the one responsible for his death. Clearly the engine has learned to go towards the extreme.
My opinion is to push for education in all aspects of these algorithms and keep your kids off Youtube! It is so far from network or cable TV it's a little scary. That said, it's an amazing resource but it's geared toward growth and profitability at any cost (most likely lives).
Seriously, why the fuck is this? I get recommended Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, MGTOW, etc. all the fucking time despite explicitly telling Youtube that I'm "not interested" in these videos.
I looked up the hip-hop artist Mac Miller when he died of a drug overdose and the all of the recommended videos were of his pop star ex-girlfriend being the one responsible for his death. Clearly the engine has learned to go towards the extreme.
My opinion is to push for education in all aspects of these algorithms and keep your kids off Youtube! It is so far from network or cable TV it's a little scary. That said, it's an amazing resource but it's geared toward growth and profitability at any cost (most likely lives).