Ad blockers don't help against Youtube recommendations and autoplaying next recommended video.
Studies have documented that if you let YouTube auto play for a while, the videos would becomes increasingly more radical.
Studies have documented that if you let YouTube auto play for a while, the videos would becomes increasingly more radical.
If the algorithm actually does suggest more and more radical videos I wonder if it's a case of reverse causation - the algorithm suggests a more radical video because it learns what people actually want to do and choose to do, which is watch the most outrageous and/or bloodcurdling video out of the options presented to them?
They actually do!
Doesn't help with autoplay, but adblock lists to get rid of recommendations on YouTube: https://youtube.adblockplus.me/
YouTube recommendations used to go towards more popular, meaning all playtime eventually went to Gangnam Style. So they went the other direction, and gave more view time to radical/fringe YouTubers, which they're getting flak for.
https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+recommendations+more...