Am I the only one whose "shorts" feed is all basically softcore porn?

dual_sport_dork , 2 months ago

The algorithm makes sense to me, in that on my main PC I pretty much exclusively watch nerd shit on youtube. Tech stuff, 3D printing, machinery, motorcycles, that sort of thing. Youtube therefore probably assumes I am male, so in my Shorts feed seems to be comprised of about 90% boobies, and 10% clips about guns.

But then the algorithm doesn’t make sense to me, because on my living room PC we pretty much exclusively watch cat videos, bird videos, and videos-for-cats (the ones with all birds and squirrels and stuff), How Ridiculous, and Gavin Free. The Shorts feed there is also roughly 90% boobies, but in fairness the remaining 10% appears to be cats.

(Neither instance is logged in to a Google account or anything.)

Maggoty , 2 months ago

YouTube = Alphabet = Google Search

They know.

CosmicCleric , 2 months ago

YouTube = Alphabet = Google Search

That, or his ISP.

Hiro8811 , 2 months ago

Bruh, fuck YouTube, and if you really have to use it use an alternative client. Grayjay has plugins for more apps but there are solely clients with YouTube no adds no shorts and newer with no games

Eyedust , 2 months ago

This. I use Revanced and it hides the shorts shelf and movies by default, so if you’re tutorial hopping you don’t get sidetracked. You can also choose to hide all side related videos, or just the “recommended for you” algorithm. Bonus, it comes with sponsor block built in.

Muffi , 2 months ago

Just set up Grayjay because of your comment. The seamless integration of both Patreon and YouTube into the same feed is so good. Thanks a lot!

Hiro8811 , 2 months ago

Don’t thank me thank the developers

specterspectre , 2 months ago

The funny part is that sometimes I play this little game to see how many videos it takes to fully pornify my home page and it doesn’t work if you want it to be like that.

Stern , 2 months ago

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1963e4a5-37c7-4c90-8610-01a66c6dc92c.png

Works fairly well for me when I’m on the shorts doomscrolling. Your mileage could vary of course.

Classy , 2 months ago

Instagram is way more aggressive. I can’t search for anyone on there without being blasted with highly questionable content and softcore

Aux , 2 months ago

Search for cats for a week or so and you’ll only see cats.

Classy , 2 months ago

Can’t decide if it’s worth the effort to search for cats or just abandon ig

Aux , 2 months ago

Cats are always worth it!

FreakinSteve , 2 months ago

My FB has loads of this and I am convinced it’s because someone in my friends list is going wild on Asian cam girls

Sizzler , 2 months ago

Someone is the asian cam girl

sag , 2 months ago

My is just offensive memes. LOL

NeroC_Bass , 2 months ago

I ended up installing an extension that blocked all shorts, most of them are trash waste of time anyways.

Appoxo , 2 months ago

Dunno what you are subbing to or your interests but mine are almost always sciency (chemistry/physics), engineering, tech, gaming, IT or comedy related.

NeroC_Bass , 2 months ago

Most of mine were short cropped clips of videos I’ve already seen, so it was a big waste of time having them up.

Appoxo , 2 months ago

Yeah, I have seen some channels reuploading a shorter version of their videos as teasers or a vertical version.
Those absolutely can be skipped without missing anything.

Blackmist , 2 months ago

I don’t know why there’s so much soft porn on every platform, skirting the rules and hiding just enough to be allowed.

The real porn is still there. You can just go look at it.

UckyBon , 2 months ago

Those are some big Costco guys 😅

Plibbert , 2 months ago

Yup

Jimmycakes , 2 months ago

Mine is but it also works for getting clicks on me because monkey brain

General_Shenanigans , 2 months ago

My YouTube is well-trained, but this is how my Instagram is. Didn’t use it or follow anybody on it for years. Recently took to scrolling and watching funny dog videos on there. I was showing my GF a funny pupper and accidentally tapped the search loupe at the bottom. BOOM. Bouncing boobies and butts covered my screen. I just kind-of stared at it in disbelief, saying “What the hell?” She got a laugh out of it. I guess this is a big part of instagram now.

graeghos_714 , 2 months ago

If youtube shows me anything but music video’s in my home page I tag them as do not like and don’t show this type of content

VirtualOdour , 2 months ago

I get loads of funny content, a lot of great female comedians on shorts at the moment and skit writers. A lot of brief science videos trying and often succeeding in tempting me down a rabbit hole. Then random stuff like rainbolt guessing the country in 0 01 seconds of a greyscale image, nilered showing how radioactive things are or how great they look exploding. Plus a few oddball bits that come from nowhere, and of course nerd girls thirsttrapping with golden era sci-fi themed science facts but not nearly as many as you’d think considering how quick I click on them.