This is a whole thing. There's been research that shows that if you just randomly follow videos on YouTube, you'll more than likely end up at hard-right talking points. There's also a deliberate effort by Nazis to build a propaganda pipeline, particularly on youtube. Adam Something did a good video on his own personal experience with this.

https://youtu.be/94_5mXsQTpA

[–] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have to use "don't recommend channel" on anything even remotely sus to keep YouTube from trying to alt right pipeline you

[–] Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or not watch them because they're shit and the algorithm changes what it recommends.

[–] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, definitely don't watch them. But if I see a title/thumbnail that looks iffy, I check the channel page and block the whole channel if I don't like the look of it. Only way to keep that shit from overwhelming the whole feed.

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or watch it and then remove it from watch history, if it's only borderline interesting.