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wesker ,
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

My red flag would be showing them NewPipe, with recommendations turned completely off.

SomethingBurger ,

And subscriptions using RSS feeds instead of a YouTube account.

wesker ,
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Guilty.

Having no actual presence on social media is considered “creepy” by modern social standards, instead of what I view it as: more secure.

FederatedSaint ,

Having no actual presence on social media

I’ve got some bad news for you…

wesker ,
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I meant no actual presence on mainstream social media where I’m not using a pseudonym, and exchange profiles with the general public that I meet.

tyler ,

Forums are not social media. How is this hard to understand. Forums have existed for decades longer than social media and if you include forums in the definition of social media then you literally by definition include every comment section on every blog, news site, and even things like the FCC request for comments from citizens.

It’s absolutely idiotic to include forums in that definition. You make the definition so wide as to be useless.

jawa21 ,
@jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

People have gotten confused and declared that any internet based activity that involves interaction is social media. Social media is centered on users (you follow other people, not topics, and people for whatever crazy reason use their real name), whereas there is absolutely no real reason to do that on a forum.

KillingTimeItself ,

if forums are social media, or the internet more broadly is social media, would that include shit like, newspapers? And like, the library?

Emerald ,

Social media is centered on users (you follow other people, not topics

This is the exact reason I never became interested in Mastodon. Following people just isn’t my style. The only social media I use is YouTube (without an account) because apparently Lemmy isn’t social media.

FoxyGrandpa ,

If that’s considered creepy then I’m john wayne gacy

hydration9806 ,

I’ve had the opposite response. Generally I get a “good on ya, I should really delete it too”

jubilationtcornpone ,

I find avoiding social media helps reduce encounters with the insane side of people who somehow appear to be relatively normal in real life.

For instance, I actually like my inlaws in real life, despite having some very different views than they do. On Facebook however, they’re complete fucking idiots that I wouldn’t give the time of day because they would just argue with me about it.

wesker , (edited )
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

It’s odd how that proxy allows people to act feral. It’s like the behavior of a dog behind a fence.

Though I’ll admit to trolling a little bit here and there, so maybe I’m not the best example.

scrion ,

They ask for your search history then

wesker ,
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

My browser clears private data at the end of every session.

scrion ,

Same, but you were talking about NewPipe. I assume you use that on your phone.

And while you can disable the search history there, too, it often is convenient not to have to type the name of that thing you want to listen to while you’re driving, so many people leave it enabled.

wesker ,
@wesker@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I just leverage playlists or bookmarks, typically. But while driving, I play my FLAC library off a thumbdrive.

hakunawazo ,

YSK you could also swipe single entries away in your Newpipe search history.

Viking_Hippie ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/64cdd6cd-88cc-46e8-ba7c-5c677ec521bc.jpeg

CorrodedCranium ,
@CorrodedCranium@leminal.space avatar

Or switching profiles in GrapheneOS so I can look at my Google apps

_____ , (edited )

The brain rotted mind doesn’t understand the lack of an infinite pit of o-face reaction videos to pick from.

AllNewTypeFace ,
@AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space avatar

And, all those years later, you’re still married

JohnDClay ,

Looks like a green flag to me! Fun vid.

PhlubbaDubba ,

Not even the wackiest scenario he’s done.

Bro legit took this one incredibly seriously and talked about the consequences of having to explain sudden freak accident deaths to pre-schoolers and how conspiracy theories would proliferate about Reagan being responsible because supposedly he had pushed for the launch to stay on schedule even when issues came up because the plan was for him to make s phone call to the crew of the ship from the SotU address that year.

Basically Reagan would go down in pop culture canon as being the man who murdered big bird, and whatever consequences that sprung from that would be the biggest shift vs present timeline instead of the obvious fact that big bird would be canonically dead since all the normal viewers would have seen him go up in a fireball and die.

Varyk ,

Nah he’s a bird，he could fly on outta there. A little singed, maybe, if he dawdled

baldingpudenda ,

Allegedly, he screamed “wildcard, bitches” before kicking the door and jumping out.

Varyk ,

Classic Big Bird

Socsa ,

So what you are saying is that we would have flying cars and free healthcare if Big Bird had died in the Space Shuttle?

yemmly ,

My red flag would be telling her “fuck off creepy stranger”

bunkyprewster ,

youtu.be/vF-vrL0htbE?si=nI9aq9Ol_HWbgyIa

finickydesert ,
@finickydesert@lemmy.ml avatar

I mean we all know about his super power

Tap for spoilerTeleportation jutsu

magnetosphere ,
@magnetosphere@fedia.io avatar

Someone asking to see my YouTube recommendations is a good test for red flags, too. I’m not interested in a relationship with someone who will judge me based on an algorithm.

lightnsfw ,

The algorithm sucks anyway. I have to clear my cookies every couple days because all my recommendations starts to turn into weird manosphere stuff and DBZ videos. Sprinkled with a small amount of shit from channels I have watched recently.

AFaithfulNihilist , (edited )
@AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world avatar

What is the reason for these two things to get grouped up and shoved down my feed? I’m a life long and very public activist for medical financial aid programs, public housing, sexual wellness, free kindergarten, hot meals, direct aid, take back the night, ada accomodations, needle exchanges, loan forgiveness, and just about every humane cause I know of. My viewing history is about as antithetical to Tate’s small dick energy as I can imagine and the anime I watch is more likely to be weird surreal stuff like Tengoku Daimakyou than some 50th year of dragon Ball

How does my feed switch from normal shorts to the incel only feed?!

fadedmaster ,
@fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works avatar

I wish I knew what I was doing because I very rarely get that stuff, unless I go to Shorts. Then that crap shows up in both the Shorts and my recommendations. After ignoring them for a couple days they go away and stay away as long as I also avoid Shorts… So maybe that’s the key?

lightnsfw ,

At best it’s because there’s just a shitload of other people that are into that stuff no matter what else they’re watching so everything ends up associated with it. At worst Youtube specifically funnels people to that kind of content.

Natanael ,

Clustering algorithms plus a focus on keeping your attention (watch time), not on quality

ayyy ,

Right wing propaganda receives heavy financial backing.

Catoblepas ,

I’ve found that being really aggressive with my not interested/do not recommends keeps it down (but not absent). In my case I assume they pop up because I like watching history and gaming videos, even though I go out of my way to avoid anyone who’s dog whistle-y or chuddy.

Natanael ,

The topic and creator based clustering of multiple interests will pollute that anyway, because they don’t care about precision and just care about keeping your attention

ByteOnBikes ,

Wait you also watch DBZ highlights and wonder what super Saiyan Piccolo would have looked like? 😍

lightnsfw ,

No. So why do they keep coming up to me? Nothing against DBZ btw.

peopleproblems ,

Most of my browser history, youtube and podcast recommendations etc. are benign.

My fear is when they ask the question “when does VR Porn become cheating?” Because I don’t think anyone can answer that one honestly and the way one would expect.

Like my brain would say “when you can smell it” but that leads down a lot of other questions that scare me.

KillingTimeItself ,

IMO if you ever ask someone whether porn is cheating, you should probably be put into an asylum and studied, because i cannot for the life of me figure out why someone would give a shit, unless it’s a shared mutual agreement between two parties, in which case, you probably wouldn’t ask that question.

It’s almost as insane as asking whether or not touching your dick counts as masturbation or not.

johny ,

A party is indeed the time and place where no jokes are made ever, no alcohol is involved, no cheesy flirting techniques occur, and everything is meant a 100% seriously always.

magnetosphere , (edited )
@magnetosphere@fedia.io avatar

Good point. I would have had to be there to see what the mood was like. She could have been funny as hell, and I’m just not picking it up from this tweet.

Edit: I just watched the video. It’s only about 8 minutes long. A great combination of funny and interesting. Recommended!

postmateDumbass ,

I did not get invited either.

Probably for the best.

gens ,

It’s hard to convey tone with text.

LainTrain ,

I don’t watch YouTube on mobile, this app is an ancient Vanced version that doesn’t even work, and newpipe hasn’t worked for me recently either. If there is a YT vid I absolutely have to watch on mobile I rawdog it in Firefox with ubp

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/c8f74e79-5282-4d6d-9407-fd9ec80443be.webp

VeganCheesecake ,
@VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

YT App patched with revanced still works for me, and the app uses less battery for me than the browser version. Privacy wise, the browser is presumably better, though.

My home page looks the same either way, though.

needanke ,

Newpipe has hat two major fixes to account for yt changing the way it served videos. Wasn’t working for a few weeks for me either but since 1-2 weeks ago it’s reliably working again. So, maybe try and update to the newest version now to check if it works again if you are interested in using it.

foofiepie ,

Er, this is mine. https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e4a833e3-be27-4c8e-b49c-9dc7327ad0f4.jpeg

DarylDutch ,

No financial stability based on the lego one. :D

moonburster ,

I watched the sub one already, great recommendation to lose some minutes of time on

Jimbo ,
@Jimbo@yiffit.net avatar

I got a new Raycevick video and Engineering Explained video about F1. I am happy with this

CorrodedCranium ,
@CorrodedCranium@leminal.space avatar

If you are into the Lego video you may want to check out Brick Experiment Channel

https://leminal.space/pictrs/image/5d2465e4-e7ae-4f04-865f-4b8cae71c6b6.jpeg

foofiepie ,

That looks great thanks!

JohnWorks ,

You pass the vibe check

Chocrates ,

That’s a pretty good video though.

Daxtron2 ,

On ReVanced,

https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/dc8d7912-0edf-4e52-97c6-3eb4b5624333.png

TriflingToad ,

my Revanced

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/7bce22cf-e112-4c10-a282-eeed7b9c8051.jpeg

9point6 ,

Well I wasn’t planning on immediately letting you know I like retro electronics, but have at it

Socsa ,

Woah

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