So uh, Christmas just happened, remember that? Feels like 10 years ago already.
This Christmas, my family pooled together to get my dad his very own chromebook. The man is basically tech illiterate, only confident enough to browse the web and send emails. He isn't savvy enough to check sidebars or settings menus on websites like Youtube, which is where the topic of this post originates.
My dad is a conservative who "doesn't like" Trump, but voted for him twice. Thanks to the wretched nature of right-wing news this past year, he has been slowly dragged further to the right, consistently falling for the most obvious but "starter" conspiracies. The kind Fox News peddles, such as the recent BS suggesting that ANTIFA operatives may have been mixed into the Capitol hill insurrection, despite that obviously not being the case. This gullibility worries me, as he now has access to his very own youtube account with tailored recommendations not altered by family members also using the site.
So I decided to get down and dirty today in order to "fix" his recommendations. I've been looking for the most radical channels in his recommendations and asking youtube to stop suggesting those channels. I put a few breadtube videos in his watch history and am going to try watching some non-political videos, such as food channels and the like. But I could use some help.
Has anyone done something like this to the youtube recommendations of a family member? Any suggestions on channels to block or tactics to mess with my dad's recommendations? Also miss me with any takes suggesting that this is unethical. I don't want to hear it.
This Christmas, my family pooled together to get my dad his very own chromebook. The man is basically tech illiterate, only confident enough to browse the web and send emails. He isn't savvy enough to check sidebars or settings menus on websites like Youtube, which is where the topic of this post originates.
My dad is a conservative who "doesn't like" Trump, but voted for him twice. Thanks to the wretched nature of right-wing news this past year, he has been slowly dragged further to the right, consistently falling for the most obvious but "starter" conspiracies. The kind Fox News peddles, such as the recent BS suggesting that ANTIFA operatives may have been mixed into the Capitol hill insurrection, despite that obviously not being the case. This gullibility worries me, as he now has access to his very own youtube account with tailored recommendations not altered by family members also using the site.
So I decided to get down and dirty today in order to "fix" his recommendations. I've been looking for the most radical channels in his recommendations and asking youtube to stop suggesting those channels. I put a few breadtube videos in his watch history and am going to try watching some non-political videos, such as food channels and the like. But I could use some help.
Has anyone done something like this to the youtube recommendations of a family member? Any suggestions on channels to block or tactics to mess with my dad's recommendations? Also miss me with any takes suggesting that this is unethical. I don't want to hear it.
