- cross-posted to:
- usa@midwest.social
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- usa@midwest.social
On YouTube, videos featuring these bizarre and overwrought tales are proliferating, claiming Trump-world figures bested their antagonists during micro-interactions: at restaurants, on the street, in little-known court cases, and on late-night talk shows. These videos often generate thousands of views and a flood of supportive comments—and they’re all completely fake.
Who is watching this slop? Are we sure there are real people watching it, or is it just AI watching AI?
My grandparents believe it’s real, and only furthers their delusional support of Trump.
Recommend not letting old people use YouTube unattended. Same for children.
Really, no one should be using most of YouTube. It’s a big ol’ cognito-hazard.
Don’t have the time to keep them from watching misinformation and AI slop on YouTube all the time, unfortunately.
While there’s not much I can do about stopping them from searching for and watching right-wing extremism, I can at least keep YouTube itself from recommending it by telling the algorithm not to recommend certain channels.