I almost never watch "shorts" but my suggestions for it seem to have an...uhhh...adult theme. I don't watch any such thing with YouTube. Does everyone see garbage like this?
this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2024
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Bro you should have investigated the actual answer to this question before asking it publicly 😃
It's not to say you're watching lots of soft core porn but the algorithm has definitely decided that you'll like it
There's alot I could argue with but maybe the best answer I have is: why just the shorts? The rest of my YouTube feed kinda sucks but it isn't porn or titillating at all.
Theyre separate algorithms so its prolly the only type of shorts youve clicked or hovered over for a some time
That's the thing, I think I've watched maybe 2 shorts ever, pretty sure they were not like these or at least only mildly sexy
But it’s Google, so they know your browsing history and have you in a “bucket” for what their metrics think will drive engagement from you. (Or they don’t know enough about you and just think boobs will get you intersted, because sex sells.)
Meh. We’re all human. If Google thinks you like thirst traps, whatevs. Pretty ladies are pretty ladies.
But if you don’t want to see it, you can probably use feedback tools to change what they show you.
Well that’s just not how recommendation algorithms work. A part of it will be content based, directly related to what the user can be associated with.
However, the largest part is collaboration based filtering of content. That means, our user is put in a group based on his other preferences, let’s assume nerdy tech stuff, and then is shown content that he has not liked yet but his group of peers has, meaning he could probably like it too.
In other words - he’s not the one in fault here, YOU are (you pretty much have to be nerdy tech folks to be here).
Please, could everyone here stop clicking on this stuff so that OP don’t have to be associated with your filthy behavior, thank you.
I didn't say anything about how they work -- only that it shows you stuff it thinks you will like. Which is basically what you said.
Yes, based on other user patterns and how it categorizes him, it thinks he could probably like soft core porn too. That is, in fact, how it works. Glad we agree.
So it's perfectly realistic that everyone could be clicking on soft core porn to feed the algorithm these ideas, in contrast to OP, who couldn't possibly be clicking on it? You've decided they're the one and only person who definitely isn't doing that when clearly someone is?
How could you write this hostile and condescending message when I actually made a specific point to highlight the exact point you're making ("It's not to say you're watching lots of soft core porn") in my message? If a little more succinctly. I wasn't blaming OP in any way, just explaining (just as you did) that the algorithm based on his viewing patterns is what decides what to show him.
I had hoped that my last sentence showed my post was clearly in jest. The factual information was just needed to set up the joke. Neither hostility nor condescension was applied.
In fact, the avid reader might catch that I have implied myself in the group of people causing OP’s annoying trouble with light-clothed females since I too am here - presumably a tech nerd like OP and meddling with the algorithms affecting him by clicking on unsavory content.
Ooooh
Yeah I totally missed it. My apologies.
I've gotten sexualized ads in my work Gmail which I only use for work emails and nothing else. Pretty sure step one of Google's algorithms is "is man? Show titty"