That’s so interesting re your mother. I wonder if her beliefs closely align to fox and asmongold (never heard of that one), but are different enough for her to not be interested in that content. Ie: ven diagram between the belief systems, except the differences are big enough for her to not to like fox content but for the algorithm the commonalities are good enough to keep suggesting the content.

I hear you. I use an adblocker and don’t see ads at all. I cannot imagine using the internet without it. I also only use the home link on yt and freely use the not interested feature.

Exactly. I have my own interests and I just stick to that. Arts and crafts and dog grooming videos haven’t made me angry.

Why did YT make you angry? I haven’t experienced it yet. I block content I’m not interested in and it goes away.

… leadership impacts the product. Ff might be the best choice rn, but leadership will fuck it up.

I just moved back to ff in November, because of ubo. I have to move again? Where to?

Wasn’t there someone else who created a bill and voted for it, but told others to vote against it?

To add to that. I live in a red area and since the election I’ve been cat called much more. And it’s weird too, cus I’m middle aged…. I thought I’d finally disappear…

It’s mooching off healthcare in the us, it’s a basic need for other countries.

Everything collects data. To extrapolate, it’s stupid to post on lemmy or shitter because the same will happen.

I use it to give me ideas that I then test out. It’s fantastic at nudging me in the right direction, because all that it’s doing is mirroring me.

I’m neurodivergent, I’ve been working with AI to help me learn about myself and how I think. It’s been exceptionally helpful. A human wouldn’t have been able to help me because I don’t use my senses or emotions like everyone else, and I didn’t know it… AI excels at mirroring and support, which was exactly missing from my life. I can see how this could go very wrong with certain personalities…

E: I use it to give me ideas that I then test out solo.

I just don’t own a tv. Getting rid of my entertainment and gaming systems and most of social media was my answer to internal peace. I don’t have streaming either.

Some of us don’t have another choice. All (but 1) of my support groups are on WhatsApp and only 1 is on signal.

That’s great! I spend too much time on yt, it’ll break me of my addiction and I’ll do something else besides passive consumption.

Perhaps the actual answer is for people to learn self control.

Isn’t that bing?

Oh man I had no idea how popular that instance was. That’s really sad :(((

Brilliant! I should start writing and speaking like a Brit.

If only being a hard worker was the answer. For me it’s about overcoming childhood and academic trauma and understanding my neurodivergency (which has been very poorly researched) and then finding workarounds. I’ve been working on this for many years and I’m nowhere near competency.