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[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (16 children)

Why did YT make you angry? I haven’t experienced it yet. I block content I’m not interested in and it goes away.

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

taking a guess but I already saw some other comments on another thread mention this: The chart boys in any corps will see Engagement == Profit. Thus they will tune their recommendations solely for that. And if you aren't bothered about properly policing your video upload platform the end result is highly divisive content thats "not boring".

Divisive content makes people angry so they engage in comments.

i used to be on reddit. And I used to get into "debates" that devolved into a slap fight and make me angry about the people who intentionally or unintentionally riled me up with outrageous (real or my own perception) opinions.

While lemmy also has slap fights, I feel like the lack of an "algorithm" tuned for engagement prevents continuous fueling of the fire, metaphorically speaking.

[–] whalebiologist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

sounds like you made some big progress in life

[–] eskimofry@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

it may not seem like it but.. being offline is the best thing you can do to your mental health. No need to overwhelm your brain with stuff happening elsewhere when you already have to deal with stuff closer to home. Being aware is generally better than being ignorant but it shouldn't disable your daily life.

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