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by UenoHDTV80 3021 days ago
Adding a Wikipedia box won't make Alex Jones viewers changr their mind about gay frogs, and could play into his victim complex. If they want to get serious, change the algorithm so it won't reward people like jones. That's the problem. You watch one dumb video, let it autoplay more, and next you know you're in a rabbithole of crazy. One night i fell asleep watching a vegetarian cooking show, i wake up and youtubes recommending some raw food nutcase telling me why cooked food is poison and how vaccines cause autism (true story)
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The algorithm will never be tuned for content, only tuned for stickiness and ad revenue.
Ironically, the Wikipedia link related to "cooked food is poison" might actually support it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_glycation_end-product

I don't see that as the case:

> This article may present fringe theories, without giving appropriate weight to the mainstream view, and explaining the responses to the fringe theories

> A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view.