• Bobby Turkalino
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    4 months ago

    So where is the line drawn? What about the teens who want to lookup how to do an exercise correctly without getting injured? The people who make these videos are usually very fit (big surprise!)

    I have a feeling this is going to be driven by some AI model that’s gonna do more harm than good

    • Zron@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      It’s YouTube, there is no line, just a vague squiggle that you can cross without any warning.

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        4 months ago

        It’s usually that they seem to block the main channels and the small ones that don’t know what they are talking about slip through. Going to get some kids hurt doing this.

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      4 months ago

      From what I understand this is just the recommended feed so it wouldn’t affect searching for specific stuff, or binging a channel’s backlog.

      And frankly speaking this should be a default feature. All too often the algorithm thinks “oh you watched this one video let me drown you in that shit at the expense of everything else”.

      The whole thing meshes well with what we know from child/youth psychology, btw: Agency makes all the difference, whether they’re seeking information, or are (in currentyear), doomscrolling it. One tends to involve critical engagement, the other is an osmosis sponge.

      Oh. Speaking of youtube fitness channels, here’s a good one. And another one. Like, especially if you haven’t done anything in a while, just watch this.