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1. spherulitic (spherulitic@tech.lgbt)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2023 01:01:54 UTC spherulitic

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   • Lauren Weinstein

   @lauren my #youtube recommendations are all math, chess, and Eurovision performances. I’ve never heard of any of these supposedly famous “YouTube personalities”

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   • Lauren Weinstein (lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2023 01:01:55 UTC Lauren Weinstein

     You want proof that it's possible to watch #YouTube without being fed unwanted suggestions? I've always said that the YT suggestion engine is good to me. While I watch an enormous amount of YT relatively, I've never been offered any right wing garbage, for example.

     And today I realized that even though I've heard the name "Mr. Beast" and vaguely recall hearing about his mass cataract surgery giveaway, I've never seen a Mr. Beast video, never been suggested one by YT, and knew effectively nothing about him until I read a CNN article today.