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?

  • myliltoehurts@lemm.ee
    38·
    3 months ago

    Mine isn’t like that but there can be a few reasons I’d guess at:

    1. YouTube recommends you things other people in your household watch (which can extend to random people if your isp uses cnat and doesn’t give you an individual ip).
    2. This one is more of a guess, but I’d assume a lot of people would click on that content, so if you never watch shorts maybe their algorithm just gives you the default recommendations.
    3. If you watch adult content without protecting your privacy it’s most likely associated with your account in their recommendations.
      • myliltoehurts@lemm.ee
        15·
        3 months ago

        Yeah the YouTube algorithm is one of the worst recommendations engines I have seen tbh. It actively removes types of videos I repeatedly search for from my recommendations, and fills it with garbage I never watch.

        But in the case of op it looks like a 100% horny content ratio which seems excessive, even for yt.

        • Delphia@lemmy.world
          9·
          3 months ago

          The Horny algorithm kicks in hard and fast.

          If I want porn I watch porn, I dont give myself softcore blueballs. But sometimes when I’m dumbscrolling I’ll click on one and YT thinks I submitted a bulk order.

        • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          6·
          3 months ago

          I’ve never had issues with the YouTube algorithm, my feed is full of games, tech, science stuff and long form videos explaining shit. That’s about it, because that’s about all I watch.

          Am I just lucky that it’s reliable for me?

          • myliltoehurts@lemm.ee
            2·
            3 months ago

            For me, there are 2 specific things that annoy me to no end with it. 1 is my guilty pleasure, I love watching hour long videos from Asian channels where they just film restaurants or bakeries making food in large batches. Honestly, youtube seems to actively remove them from my feed. I have to search for them every 2 weeks despite watching this content at least weekly. The second is the opposite. At Christmas I searched for a video of a fireplace with music to put on as ambient background for dinner. My feed is chock full of 8+ hour music playlists now despite never having looked at another one. It’s been 4 months.

            I don’t know what it is but i swear they have content they like showing you and content they dont like. If you want the former your experience will be OK. If you want the latter then they just decide you’re wrong and still get the former.