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Complete opposite experience from me. I don’t seek out political content on YouTube. I mostly watch some gaming content. Much of it (GDQ streams for instance), is pro-LGBT and left leaning.

Despite this YouTube constantly pumps far-right content into my recommendations, and there’s seemingly no way for me to stop this. Straight up offensive content, including YouTube shorts ranting about Trans people, misgendering them. Misogynistic shorts with comedians joking how “women belong in the kitchen haha”. Interviews with Andrew Tate. Not to mention the constant ads from religious nuts. Or the constant political ads. Their recommendations suck.

I skip these shorts partway though, and I avoid clicking the suggestions elsewhere, but it’s an endless stream. YouTube constantly is trying to get me to watch this awful content.

I’ve stopped using shorts, and basically exclusively check my subscription box. The home page and suggestions are useless for me. I put up with YouTube as a site, but I’d honestly prefer to watch the same content elsewhere if I could. Those recommendations are making the world a worse place.