@@cjay2 You sound upset about something. Underrated is absolutely a term that can apply when the vast majority of modern UA-cam content is, at best, trash for infants to consume while their parents question their life choices.
Last year....we had a an electrical fault in July... Surprisingly everyone was happier... Everyone was disconnected from their negative Covid related filter bubble for 3 weeks and it helped a lot.
It doesn't have to be one over the other. Our human nature to seek comfort and like minded people is leveraged and worsened through social media and other personalised products.
Speaking as someone who actively tried to read opinions from the full breadth of the political spectrum, and could only ever find sources that The Machine Gods *thought* that I wanted, I think I'm gonna go ahead and say that it's the robot's fault. Yes, the AI is responding to human behavior, but that doesn't mean that it's responding *well*, and the fact that we often can't even SEE what the opposition is saying creates a lot of division that isn't really necessary.
hey man, love the content, we actually learn a lot about this in our cyberethics course as part of the university program I take. Your videos are often way more educational too... and free lol. Hope you make it big on this platform
16:20 hahaha windows 10 screenshot XD - my mum struggles with that key-bind all the time but at least your mum can actually tell the OS unlike mine lol!
Not bad, false data my bad Just having adnauseum click on all ads, change up your viewing habits etc etc It doesn’t necessarily solve it but it does help show things from both sides more
I think the “bubble” metaphor is useful for describing the distortive qualities of online media, making certain viewpoints seem bigger/smaller than they are, making the opposition look “weird” because of how the image is bent, etc..
Another great video 👏 I always wondered about this topic, it feels like there are so many versions of reality and it depends on what you want to look at 🙆🏻♀️. I loved the visual elements and the purple chair 😊
I think it is a combination of both. The tech companies wanted to come up with algorithms that would keep the users invested in their app. But humans have this natural urge to "belong to something". So when they see divisive opinions, they immediately take a side. The algorithms help reinforce this behaviour to a point that once someone chooses a side, they just won't listen to anything slightly different.
@@Sumsubcom I'd gladly represent Kenya - E.Africa. Could you recommend any ways of avoiding filter bubbles? Do you see any positive aspects of the effects of filter bubbles?
I have been without any sort of social media for almost exactly one year now and I do believe that the scope of knowledge of current events has grown substantially, I am now obviously out of touch with what is trendy or the new memes of the day though. Overall I watch quite a bit of UA-cam now and devote most of my time to working and finishing my doctorate.
I am really impressed by the youtube AI ----) I recently got a video of yours " how to get off from all the socials" ...... I was really curious about the same, and it was incredible.👌
Most of my internet time is spent on UA-cam, a place with a very pronounced filter bubble. Thankfully it’s all around hobbies like electronics/computing, photography, woodwork, fabrication etc. It’s pretty amazing how many people think conspiracy theories etc are factual. However, offline I'm a disabled person, with a disabled wife and I work at a Disabled Peoples Organisation. Even prior to becoming disabled I worked with adults with learning difficulties, thus I'd say Im fairly grounded in the bubble that’s the world of disabilities. I'm also a recovering alcoholic blessed with 26 years sobriety and especially in my early days I think the echo chamber of the AA saved my life. I needed people to say "I understand you, I'm the same."
i did the experiment. For Egypt, it gave me waaaay detailed results since i am Egyptian so that was debunked. But here's the fun part. Typing c-19 gave me information regarding travel restrictions, which countries have travel bans, specifically is it safe for "students" to travel and infos from UK. That blew me away.
Funnily enough, UA-cam gives me occasionally a "Show stuff you'd not normally watch" option in my suggestions and goes ahead and shows me stuff I'd probably seen multiplke times (in the past) or related content I already have an idea about.... Last time I got a slightly diverse set of suggestions was when I subbed to an Atheo-tuber whom was being dragged into what seems to be the "alt-veganism" end of the "bread-tube echo-chamber" spectrum. Though for the most part, I must admit, hanging in the "techtuber", "Atheo-tuber" and a few other similar "echo-chambers" is a bit comforting... mainly as I've long given up on "fringe-watching" to find out what/why/how/etc of a broad spectrum of political views etc... (Seems that it's all just as toxic as it were in around the end of 2012 ramping up in 2013, just more concentrated, bitter and polarized than ever when visiting either extreme echo-chambers)
I specifically searched for algorithmic echo chambers to see what youtube can suggest and i guess, not bad. It's valuable information, but regrettably not enough people know about it
"My statement that politicians often distort or substitute the concept of the filter bubble is unlikely to appeal to republican supporters" Umm... I tend to embody a lot of generally "republican" values, but I'm *very* aware of the concept of the filter bubble. In fact that was one of my most repeated shares on social media (Eli Pariser's TED-talk) - secondmore, not in support of politics. Rather, more libertarian-leaning -*IF* you wanna pigeonhole me in with _POLITICS..._
My God. I can't imagine how much information, data this would require. I'm interested in learning how to create separate social media accounts. I'm working on a project that will require me to remain "anonymous". In ARGs its referred to as "staying behind the curtain". I search for so many seemingly random things, I almost feel bad, but it's probably a lot less complicated than I imagine.
It's certainly interesting to say the least, but all this filtering and catering to ones political beliefs, social standings, etc... it is pretty harmful to be exposed to such things that only reaffirm our current beliefs and opinions, I do believe search results should be more organic and show us a broader spectrum from all sides instead of one-sided. If I want to find something very specific I should be able to find it with ease, without having to wade through a sea of digital garbage thats been handpicked by an algorithm that uses past searches to give me results I'm looking for. More than often it's really hard to find a specific issue or something you want to look up. Say for example you're looking for technical help or information on something in particular, but all you get is dead-end posts with no solution to what you're looking for, it makes it really annoying, because you're being shown irrelevant information that isn't relevant to your searches. Say for example I'm looking up a technical issue with a computer and it's an issue so rare, so obscure that very few people have had issues with, you're most likely to hit dead-ends with old posts from several years ago, or no responses to their issue or some other cases zero results.
ya,we should have toggle/drop down option on every app to searching by what we like, to whats more accurate objectively.more ppl will have to suggest it to youtube/sns/google etc apps. 🔹just like how we can search stuff by popularity/new content/high priority etc in some places. 🔸but if you're aware confirmation bias & tailored social media feed exists, we can still use it to change our mindset for better (or worse sadly). 🔹eg.if you see your feed slightly important but always negative/entertaining but not as useful & affecting your mental health & productivity? 🔹unsubscribe those channels, start searching for,clicking on better stuff & following better channels & you can change that terrain. 🔹I list my unsubbed channels in an unsubbed channels playlist incase i do need em & list the videos that arent high priority in the playlists topicwise & keep a high priority playlist for things i want info on & achieve rn & it keeps me from clicking low priority but entertaining videos due to fomo. 🔹if i want an objective view, i can also search in discursive ways. 🔹avoid only one sided questions & search for both pros/cons/good/bad etc & type what you dont want to know but could be right. 🔹Eg. If you search whether somethings good/correct/has pros, also search if same things bad/incorrect/has cons even if you're afraid of the results, balance your confirmation bias & optimism with pessimism. 🔹thats helped me steer the internet into giving me diverse opinions. 🔹i look for comments & youtube videos with diverse opinions too, you wouldn't be able to tell by my entire search history as to why i searched what i searched sometimes because one search/video i search, click, playlist is opposite of the other,i search due to something i saw someone mentioning on-offline on comments,post,blogs, entertainment works etc & I'm pretty sure I'm not alone. 🔹its like searching for pro-mlmers explanations vs searching for anti-mlm content the next to find a middle ground. 🔹it does feel pretty annoying if the videos are inflammatory,toxic & you disagree with em tho, so i just save em in the playlist to know their channel & unsub. 🔹so they don't clog my feed & i can balance different opinions butones that are semi-/constructive than completely toxic (which i take in account but leave asap). 🔹& if thats still feels not a complete picture,then when you want an objective view you can use incognito mode. 🔹i got incognito mode idea from here, but i use rest of the things & its raised my tolerance to diverse opinions & reduce misinformation due to echo chambers & think critically more even if i haven't thought of it before due to different ppl pushing me to think about things i havent thought of. 🔹same thing happens in real life too, if ppl only meet certain group of ppl & dont diversify ppl they meet on/offline, search about different places etc & dont listen to their opinions they only get one sided information with either echo chambers/just unbalanced information. 🔹& they end up thinking whats default norm in their city/circle is the only norm & default all around the world. 🔹ppl may be able to tell what we really thought by cour comments (for that time being as our opinions change too)/what we think if its recent opinion, unless we couldn't express what i really think. 🔹Which is where i feel like tho internet knows a lot about us superficially like a documentation. 🔹unless it tracks our comments & tries to use the information to figure out our reason for searching a health related video & issue we may have (which d be creepy if it does, tho it d still wont be as accurate if ppl are self diagnosing). 🔹it doesn't really know us deeply enough except for knowing us just enough to get us addicted to itself which is still powerful.
Good idea. If this video gets enough likes, we might do a part two explaining just that. In the meantime, focus on the creditability of information, not the content. :)
What is wrong with me in four mins in and can't stop watching the foot. I don't want to watch the foot, but all I see is foot. Someone who's watched beyond 4:18, does he stop moving his foot? Is it safe to continue watching? My dad does it while sitting and drives me nuts, even if it's in the corner of my eye. I shake me leg up and down while sitting, I think I have the same restlessness as my old man, but there's something about the full ankle spin that's really grating, I can't put my finger on why.
Adults are probably the most affected.... Kids in highschool ...if they participate in debate, quiz or other related clubs are forced to search outside their bubble.... BUT THATS A BIG IF
How is this different from the way it's has historically been? People Of any one religion attended temples where sermons were delivered reinforcing their particular belliefs; Guilds, clubs, and pubs etc. also served as echo-chambers or "bubbles"
Twitter is the only social media app I couldn't quit because I'm the type of person who would make keyword searches to see if other people share my thoughts especially when I've watched or read something 😬
Talking to people from The Other Side is hard though. Half the time they don't even try to come up with an intelligent argument, and resort to saying things like "this is obvious" or "google it".
I was pleasantly surprised and impressed by your video. I'm here because 2 close friends of many years, one male and one female, seem to have become right-wing radicalized since the start of the covid pandemic. Basically they've come out as neonazis in the past couple of months. I'm appalled; I've known them as compassionate people-first individuals over the years. They are unknown to each other but both seemed to follow an identical progression of social/political positions. First they both became anti-covid, making covid is a hoax type reposts. This developed to anti-vax generally. In the months following came NWO (New World Order) conspiracy reposts, then anti-immigrant, anti-left wing/communist, white supremacy/white genocide, anti-lgbtq, etc type reposts. In the past few months reposts have also become pro-authoritarian (e.g. "we need someone decisive to sort out this clown world", "we need a leader the people can get behind", "at the moment we can't afford to worry too much about snowflakes with hurt feelings"), with a lot of the material I could track back to extreme right wing sites. Attempts to discuss the issues result in both getting very angry, with attacks on my character and my motives and claims that I'm brainwashed by the msm. I don't want to sound academic elitist, but neither of these friends had any tertiary education, and both have said that they trust their feelings ahead of "so-called" experts, or factual analysis, which they claim is anyway produced by "stooges" or "puppets". At the moment I'm at a loss. I want to keep the relationships which I'm afraid one or both might suddenly terminate if I push too hard. Hmm...
Yeah, there are those cases, I also have such cases in my environment. But I also do know a lot of cases where relatively normal people in my environment became radical left-wing during the "pandemic". They want a duty to vaccinate ("Unvaccinated are social pest"), they become to think that implementing socialism would be a good idea, they think they would have to save the world from the "climate crisis" and that the would have to abandon private transport, and they also are surprisingly authoritarian ("the government has to rise the taxes to make people not use their cars anymore", "lets blow up a pipeline") and seem to act more and more like the Nazis in 1933. And also I have the impression that there is no chance of having a normal talk with them. So seems the problem exists on both sides, but I made the experience that on the left side the people seem to not see extremism and radicalism as a problem, they seem to only see it as a problem if the opposite side is doing it. Also the left seems to call every normal guy that does not have exact the same oppinion as them a radical/extremist. And because of my experience with all the hypocrisy and the double standards of the people on the political left I met so far I don't give a fuck about radicals and extremists any more. I don't like them, but I'm at the point where my only interest is to keep all this bullshit and conspiracy theories of the extreme lefts and the extreme rights off of me and to stay safe from the problems that are related to it. I'm more into the republicans, but also have some liberal views (liberal in the old definition - not the recent definition that means marxism), but after having met a lot of left-wingers at the university and seeing how similar they are to the Nazis when someone has other oppinions than them I realized that I have to view most of them as my enemies, so I don't talk much with them and don't keep much contact with them. I also do not openly talk to them about political things, especially not when I'm not in the anonymity of the internet. I'm sure you know the term "Cancel Culture"? "This developed to anti-vax generally. In the months following came NWO (New World Order) conspiracy reposts, then anti-immigrant, anti-left wing/communist, white supremacy/white genocide, anti-lgbtq, etc type reposts" Okay, I think I just want to give my 2 cents to this: - anti-vax generally: sure, this is a little bit narrow minded, but after the government did everything to compel people into an experimental vaccination it is understandable that they completly lost the trust into the government and the medical sector - NWO conspiracy reports: I'm not sure if that's a real thing (currently I think it is probably BS), but there are definetly tendencies into the direction of a global totalitarian state. For example, the WHO is currently working on a contract that disables the constitution of all countries in case of a new "pandemic". And you have to know that the changed the definition of a pandemic some years ago. Now for a pandemic, a pathogen does not need to be able to cause heavy damage to the economic or the people for calling out a pandemic... Also the central banks of a lot of countries want to abandon cash. They say it would be agains money laundry and terrorism, but in reality the just want to gain more power and be able to implement more surveilance. - anti-immigrant: Most of them are not "anti-immigrant", that's a strawman argument. Most of them are against uncontrolled illegal mass-migration and the problems that are related to it. And you really ask why no one wants to talk to you? - anti-left wing/communist: You do not need to be a right-wing to be against communism. Just look at the body count of the soviet union, look how the people lived in the DDR, look like the people live in North Korea and what a dystopian country china is. Then you know that communisms is just old dated crap. - white supremacy/white genocide: Okay, the first is really right-wing BS, the latter is a fear that results from all this pro-mass-migration politics of the left wings, combined with all the migrant quotas. Add all this laws that allow "people of color" to legally steal from shops and the BLM demonstration (which was more of a war than a demonstration) and you have good reason to think that the lefties are leading a white genocide. - anti-lgbtq: According to my experience this is mostly the backlash for all this insane gender stuff, the early sexualization of kids and all this massive gay propaganda the lefties try to force on the people. And BTW: I have to come to the conclusion, that there is no pandemic and there was no such, just from my own thoughts to this whole thing and the information I got from the media. So, I'm against mandatory vaccination. I have no problem with someone who wants to get vaccinated, but I will definitely will not get a vaccination and will unleash hell if someone tries to force me to vaccinate. Especially because the freedom of the individual is the most valuable for me, so this include the freedom of choice about vaccinations. And don't you lefties always preach slogans like "My body my choice"? And then suddenly when it's about experimental vaccinations against a virus that is harmless for 99% of the people it is suddenly not "My body my choice" anymore? And if I got you right, you are for mandatory vaccinations. This is one example of the double standards I wrote about before. It is possible that you are an exception, maybe you are not in this double standards like your leftie mates, but you should definetly first blame your mates for their hypocrisy when you want to know why most people of the republican side don't want to talk to you anymore. "Attempts to discuss the issues result in both getting very angry, with attacks on my character and my motives and claims that I'm brainwashed by the msm." Now you know how it is for me - as a republican with some liberal views - to talk to lefts. For example about illegal mass-migration, LGBT-whatsoever, feminism, etc. "but neither of these friends had any tertiary education, and both have said that they trust their feelings ahead of "so-called" experts, or factual analysis, which they claim is anyway produced by "stooges" or "puppets"." I understand your point, but the problem is, that you can buy studies with a predefined result to use them for political propaganda. I'm not sure how big this problem really is, but if I look on how much pressure the big social media put in the last years to censor non-left-wing opponions and this whole Cancel Culture thing at the universities, I would assume that it is a big problem. Oh and you currently speak with a republican that has a university degree. "at the moment we can't afford to worry too much about snowflakes with hurt feelings" I actually don't want to go deep into this whole political stuff, but if you are interested, I could try to explain what they mean with that.
You're in your own bubble, it's an American based bubble, your bubble says right wingers are a certain way. I'm not in an American bubble so I'm confused by all those traits you listed as not every American I've seen on the internet hold those values, nor would they say that's the foundation of right wing beliefs and not everyone calling themselves left have good moral ideas. The American bubble also makes you think in binary, left or right.
next episode. compare bing, duckduckgo, yandex and google. If you really want to find differences, try a search like 'MDMA dose'. See what the differences between results then. Also, what changes if you use a VPN?
Who is to blame? The people who created it. They do not give people an option to opt-out, instead we have to block scripts and use particular search engines only.. it's very hard to avoid. By using youtube of course I am subject to it .. and I don't want it. I am not scared of reality, I accept there's things I do not like and that is fine.
You know, when I showed my mum this video, she got very defensive saying that she's not 'pessimistic', but I don't think google lies; maybe it knows more about us than we even know.
@@Sumsubcom My mother is presently going down path of conspiracies courtesy of facebook and covid, everything she sees is supporting it. She doesn't understand that she is being fed exactly what she wants to hear. Personally I think it also reduces the ability for people to cope with uncomfortable matters as they usually see only what panders to their biases. How are we meant to research anything if truth is buried by other people's biases?
Instead of blocking scripts and opting out you could look for opinions that challenge your beliefs or entertainment you don't normally access. The bubble is easy to break.
@@myothersoul1953 How about no filtering in the first place? Then when I search for something I get the most relevant results based on my query. I want to control what I see, if I am looking for new car tyres I don't want to hear about what other people bought or who paid the most in advertising. Even if you are manipulating the bubble with search queries you're still in it and cannot be sure what you are not seeing. You're also providing your data to them. Blocking it is just easier.
@@MissFoxification I also wish they wouldn't filter my search results to sell me stuff. As long as it's not loud or a visual jungle, I don't care about a little advertising as long as I get results that are not just target ads. I want filtering, I don't want just any website that contains the words I am looking for to come up. And of course I want relevant results but that's a big ask, how can an algorithm know what is relevant based solely on a few words I type into a search bar? Search results are a product, if I could pay a small fee and have high quality search results, maps and all the other services without ads I would. But apparently people would rather trade privacy than cash for those services because the cash model doesn't exist.
i find google searches very inefficient, unless you specifically specify every fact the chance of getting something relevant at least for me is low. i definitely view political content but i don't limit the content to a specific ideology and try to avoid interacting with it other than viewing. i view all news sources but i do keep in mind the ideology of the news media i view. I also decided to search the exact same things from the video to see what would come up for me.
Your ISP can still absolutely see what you are doing, and so can the government, the websites you visit and your employer. If you want to become more anonymous (although not completely) install a trusted VPN and use a privacy browser.
Im caught up by neuronets as of yet. Everything they show is based on the words I say around the device. I say, for ex, "my back" in a casual convo and get tons of shitty ointment ads. And the likes. Totally irrelevant. I lived in Dubai, and they showed me dubai property ads which I don't need now, I say "kitty", and they show cat food.. shitty as it is. It's still underdeveloped and is several years from being that proper bubble thing. Still waiting till I get relevant sht comin down my device.
This channel is underrated it should be way more big, love the hard work you put into making your videos.
It is as big as it is at any given moment. It is NOT 'underrated' and it is what it is. If you like it, watch it. You're in lust with the maker.
@@cjay2 You sound upset about something. Underrated is absolutely a term that can apply when the vast majority of modern UA-cam content is, at best, trash for infants to consume while their parents question their life choices.
This channel is growing relatively fast and the quality over quantity will soon reach equilibrium since there's a whole company behind this channel.
@@SaeedKhanbd Agreed
In lust. Interesting phrase. One could be speaking from experience. Are you sexually attracted to Bradley the deepfake, Cjay?
Also, My family shares a Netflix account, the Algorithm is gonna be confused when an average Peppa pig watcher suddenly watches 300
You guys don't use profiles? My parents' netflix profiles are different from mine.
@@Cubannerd well, we lazy, and We always search up what we want to watch anyways
That's why they added profiles. It was NOT to make it easier to facilitate account sharing - it was to gather more data.
@@patrik5123 true
Literally, we're too metal sometimes with the Netflix algo.
Last year....we had a an electrical fault in July... Surprisingly everyone was happier...
Everyone was disconnected from their negative Covid related filter bubble for 3 weeks and it helped a lot.
Very interesting.
you must be smoking the special kind of crack if you think everyone would be happier
Or you own Echo chamber made it seem like people are happier, when they are faking more.
It doesn't have to be one over the other. Our human nature to seek comfort and like minded people is leveraged and worsened through social media and other personalised products.
"The main criteria should be about the quality of information." Yes!
I wish this one sentence could be fed to everyone.
Who is the stylist for this channel?....
The set up is always on point. It's visually pleasing
Did you like the Gorilla
@@Sumsubcom I'm ambivalent about the gorilla 😂😂😂
UA-cam algorithms really do work that great. It once recommended me a video I had nothing to with it. Just randomly
The question at the end really left me thinking. Great video as always!
Glad you liked it!
Speaking as someone who actively tried to read opinions from the full breadth of the political spectrum, and could only ever find sources that The Machine Gods *thought* that I wanted, I think I'm gonna go ahead and say that it's the robot's fault.
Yes, the AI is responding to human behavior, but that doesn't mean that it's responding *well*, and the fact that we often can't even SEE what the opposition is saying creates a lot of division that isn't really necessary.
Humans love confirming what they already believe in, internet just helps with that 😌
hey man, love the content, we actually learn a lot about this in our cyberethics course as part of the university program I take. Your videos are often way more educational too... and free lol. Hope you make it big on this platform
Thanks man!
As if for normal people the second page of google wasn't a myth already
lol
The internet is what it thinks you want it to be... pretty scary..
16:20 hahaha windows 10 screenshot XD - my mum struggles with that key-bind all the time but at least your mum can actually tell the OS unlike mine lol!
I recently found your channel (a few days ago). Amazing content!
Thanks man!
Adnauseum and feeding them false data have helped me break somewhat free from this issue
How do you feed them bad data?
Not bad, false data my bad
Just having adnauseum click on all ads, change up your viewing habits etc etc
It doesn’t necessarily solve it but it does help show things from both sides more
@@_mew thank you for explaining
I think the “bubble” metaphor is useful for describing the distortive qualities of online media, making certain viewpoints seem bigger/smaller than they are, making the opposition look “weird” because of how the image is bent, etc..
how's this channel not famous yet
Another great video 👏
I always wondered about this topic, it feels like there are so many versions of reality and it depends on what you want to look at 🙆🏻♀️.
I loved the visual elements and the purple chair 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
I think it is a combination of both. The tech companies wanted to come up with algorithms that would keep the users invested in their app. But humans have this natural urge to "belong to something". So when they see divisive opinions, they immediately take a side. The algorithms help reinforce this behaviour to a point that once someone chooses a side, they just won't listen to anything slightly different.
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I'd gladly represent Ghana if you'll ever wanna conduct experiments
I'd represent Poland (:
@@pussypussypussypussypussy that name tho. But cats are cool 😎
Cheers Stan! We'll keep you in mind :))
@@Sumsubcom I'd gladly represent Kenya - E.Africa.
Could you recommend any ways of avoiding filter bubbles?
Do you see any positive aspects of the effects of filter bubbles?
I have been without any sort of social media for almost exactly one year now and I do believe that the scope of knowledge of current events has grown substantially, I am now obviously out of touch with what is trendy or the new memes of the day though. Overall I watch quite a bit of UA-cam now and devote most of my time to working and finishing my doctorate.
I am really impressed by the youtube AI
----) I recently got a video of yours " how to get off from all the socials" ...... I was really curious about the same, and it was incredible.👌
I'm bloody mesmerized by those shoooooz, I love them.
How has this channel not blown up yet?
Most of my internet time is spent on UA-cam, a place with a very pronounced filter bubble. Thankfully it’s all around hobbies like electronics/computing, photography, woodwork, fabrication etc. It’s pretty amazing how many people think conspiracy theories etc are factual. However, offline I'm a disabled person, with a disabled wife and I work at a Disabled Peoples Organisation. Even prior to becoming disabled I worked with adults with learning difficulties, thus I'd say Im fairly grounded in the bubble that’s the world of disabilities. I'm also a recovering alcoholic blessed with 26 years sobriety and especially in my early days I think the echo chamber of the AA saved my life. I needed people to say "I understand you, I'm the same."
i did the experiment. For Egypt, it gave me waaaay detailed results since i am Egyptian so that was debunked. But here's the fun part. Typing c-19 gave me information regarding travel restrictions, which countries have travel bans, specifically is it safe for "students" to travel and infos from UK. That blew me away.
I'm glad my filter bubble brought me to this channel
For a spicy political take you should do a video on Cambridge Analytica and the SCL group
Funnily enough, UA-cam gives me occasionally a "Show stuff you'd not normally watch" option in my suggestions and goes ahead and shows me stuff I'd probably seen multiplke times (in the past) or related content I already have an idea about....
Last time I got a slightly diverse set of suggestions was when I subbed to an Atheo-tuber whom was being dragged into what seems to be the "alt-veganism" end of the "bread-tube echo-chamber" spectrum.
Though for the most part, I must admit, hanging in the "techtuber", "Atheo-tuber" and a few other similar "echo-chambers" is a bit comforting... mainly as I've long given up on "fringe-watching" to find out what/why/how/etc of a broad spectrum of political views etc... (Seems that it's all just as toxic as it were in around the end of 2012 ramping up in 2013, just more concentrated, bitter and polarized than ever when visiting either extreme echo-chambers)
Damn you should make a cyber security course. My dream is to become a pentester or a cyber security analyst and damn these videos are helpful!
We'll get you there!
I specifically searched for algorithmic echo chambers to see what youtube can suggest and i guess, not bad. It's valuable information, but regrettably not enough people know about it
By the way guys, I know a lot of people are requesting Joe's UA-cam channel. Here you go: ua-cam.com/video/K2q5txnEOrY/v-deo.html
The manipulations and workings has no bounds. Quite frightening
The Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma was an eye opener
Indeed
"My statement that politicians often distort or substitute the concept of the filter bubble is unlikely to appeal to republican supporters"
Umm... I tend to embody a lot of generally "republican" values, but I'm *very* aware of the concept of the filter bubble. In fact that was one of my most repeated shares on social media (Eli Pariser's TED-talk) - secondmore, not in support of politics. Rather, more libertarian-leaning -*IF* you wanna pigeonhole me in with _POLITICS..._
My God. I can't imagine how much information, data this would require.
I'm interested in learning how to create separate social media accounts. I'm working on a project that will require me to remain "anonymous". In ARGs its referred to as "staying behind the curtain".
I search for so many seemingly random things, I almost feel bad, but it's probably a lot less complicated than I imagine.
In Sanskrit we call it " yadh bhaavam tadh bhavati !..."
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“Windows 10 screenshot” 😂
I once even read about this bubble thingy.
The fact that you cross your legs at the thigh, and/or you wear shoes without socks tells me everything that is needed to be known.
lol
@@Sumsubcom lol
Great thing you listed your sources! Great work! Keep it up! Next stop: big data + machine learning? :P :)
You know what's awesome? I'm reading The Filter Bubble right now.
That's mental
My new favorite channel
Dude's voice is soothing af
Thinking of starting an ASMR channel.
It's certainly interesting to say the least, but all this filtering and catering to ones political beliefs, social standings, etc... it is pretty harmful to be exposed to such things that only reaffirm our current beliefs and opinions, I do believe search results should be more organic and show us a broader spectrum from all sides instead of one-sided. If I want to find something very specific I should be able to find it with ease, without having to wade through a sea of digital garbage thats been handpicked by an algorithm that uses past searches to give me results I'm looking for. More than often it's really hard to find a specific issue or something you want to look up. Say for example you're looking for technical help or information on something in particular, but all you get is dead-end posts with no solution to what you're looking for, it makes it really annoying, because you're being shown irrelevant information that isn't relevant to your searches.
Say for example I'm looking up a technical issue with a computer and it's an issue so rare, so obscure that very few people have had issues with, you're most likely to hit dead-ends with old posts from several years ago, or no responses to their issue or some other cases zero results.
ya,we should have toggle/drop down option on every app to searching by what we like, to whats more accurate objectively.more ppl will have to suggest it to youtube/sns/google etc apps.
🔹just like how we can search stuff by popularity/new content/high priority etc in some places.
🔸but if you're aware confirmation bias & tailored social media feed exists, we can still use it to change our mindset for better (or worse sadly).
🔹eg.if you see your feed slightly important but always negative/entertaining but not as useful & affecting your mental health & productivity?
🔹unsubscribe those channels, start searching for,clicking on better stuff & following better channels & you can change that terrain.
🔹I list my unsubbed channels in an unsubbed channels playlist incase i do need em & list the videos that arent high priority in the playlists topicwise & keep a high priority playlist for things i want info on & achieve rn & it keeps me from clicking low priority but entertaining videos due to fomo.
🔹if i want an objective view, i can also search in discursive ways.
🔹avoid only one sided questions & search for both pros/cons/good/bad etc & type what you dont want to know but could be right.
🔹Eg. If you search whether somethings good/correct/has pros, also search if same things bad/incorrect/has cons even if you're afraid of the results, balance your confirmation bias & optimism with pessimism.
🔹thats helped me steer the internet into giving me diverse opinions.
🔹i look for comments & youtube videos with diverse opinions too, you wouldn't be able to tell by my entire search history as to why i searched what i searched sometimes because one search/video i search, click, playlist is opposite of the other,i search due to something i saw someone mentioning on-offline on comments,post,blogs, entertainment works etc & I'm pretty sure I'm not alone.
🔹its like searching for pro-mlmers explanations vs searching for anti-mlm content the next to find a middle ground.
🔹it does feel pretty annoying if the videos are inflammatory,toxic & you disagree with em tho, so i just save em in the playlist to know their channel & unsub.
🔹so they don't clog my feed & i can balance different opinions butones that are semi-/constructive than completely toxic (which i take in account but leave asap).
🔹& if thats still feels not a complete picture,then when you want an objective view you can use incognito mode.
🔹i got incognito mode idea from here, but i use rest of the things & its raised my tolerance to diverse opinions & reduce misinformation due to echo chambers & think critically more even if i haven't thought of it before due to different ppl pushing me to think about things i havent thought of.
🔹same thing happens in real life too, if ppl only meet certain group of ppl & dont diversify ppl they meet on/offline, search about different places etc & dont listen to their opinions they only get one sided information with either echo chambers/just unbalanced information.
🔹& they end up thinking whats default norm in their city/circle is the only norm & default all around the world.
🔹ppl may be able to tell what we really thought by cour comments (for that time being as our opinions change too)/what we think if its recent opinion, unless we couldn't express what i really think.
🔹Which is where i feel like tho internet knows a lot about us superficially like a documentation.
🔹unless it tracks our comments & tries to use the information to figure out our reason for searching a health related video & issue we may have (which d be creepy if it does, tho it d still wont be as accurate if ppl are self diagnosing).
🔹it doesn't really know us deeply enough except for knowing us just enough to get us addicted to itself which is still powerful.
Oi mate
Love your videos hardly miss em.
Could you do a video on how to break the bubble
Thanks chief
Good idea. If this video gets enough likes, we might do a part two explaining just that.
In the meantime, focus on the creditability of information, not the content. :)
Thank you for the information! However, a solution on how to abvoid the bubble would have been great!
The only key is to stay unbiased while doing source evaluation as a habit.
Thumbs up hopefully this sill help UA-cam robot to suggests me more stuff like this one
My favorite channel 🥰
You're the best!
I have noticed that the thumbnails on Netflix change every so often and I never realised why that is. Interesting...
i wish google would get my filter bubble right. It's kind of hit or miss if I will get any relevant search results based on my search terms.
What is wrong with me in four mins in and can't stop watching the foot. I don't want to watch the foot, but all I see is foot.
Someone who's watched beyond 4:18, does he stop moving his foot? Is it safe to continue watching? My dad does it while sitting and drives me nuts, even if it's in the corner of my eye.
I shake me leg up and down while sitting, I think I have the same restlessness as my old man, but there's something about the full ankle spin that's really grating, I can't put my finger on why.
To be honest, it's annoying me now that I'm re-watching it. I will stop that straight away. Sorry.
Oh my, Bradley. Those moccasins fit you so well. 😩😩🥵
(Very informative. I'll share it with my dudes)
ahahaha
Google doesnt change your search results based on your interests ... It's mostly due to location and other small things
Adults are probably the most affected....
Kids in highschool ...if they participate in debate, quiz or other related clubs are forced to search outside their bubble....
BUT THATS A BIG IF
How is this different from the way it's has historically been? People Of any one religion attended temples where sermons were delivered reinforcing their particular belliefs; Guilds, clubs, and pubs etc. also served as echo-chambers or "bubbles"
Twitter is the only social media app I couldn't quit because I'm the type of person who would make keyword searches to see if other people share my thoughts especially when I've watched or read something 😬
Lovely shoes 😍
Crockett and Jones!! They never let a man down.
Talking to people from The Other Side is hard though. Half the time they don't even try to come up with an intelligent argument, and resort to saying things like "this is obvious" or "google it".
I was pleasantly surprised and impressed by your video. I'm here because 2 close friends of many years, one male and one female, seem to have become right-wing radicalized since the start of the covid pandemic. Basically they've come out as neonazis in the past couple of months. I'm appalled; I've known them as compassionate people-first individuals over the years. They are unknown to each other but both seemed to follow an identical progression of social/political positions.
First they both became anti-covid, making covid is a hoax type reposts. This developed to anti-vax generally. In the months following came NWO (New World Order) conspiracy reposts, then anti-immigrant, anti-left wing/communist, white supremacy/white genocide, anti-lgbtq, etc type reposts. In the past few months reposts have also become pro-authoritarian (e.g. "we need someone decisive to sort out this clown world", "we need a leader the people can get behind", "at the moment we can't afford to worry too much about snowflakes with hurt feelings"), with a lot of the material I could track back to extreme right wing sites.
Attempts to discuss the issues result in both getting very angry, with attacks on my character and my motives and claims that I'm brainwashed by the msm. I don't want to sound academic elitist, but neither of these friends had any tertiary education, and both have said that they trust their feelings ahead of "so-called" experts, or factual analysis, which they claim is anyway produced by "stooges" or "puppets".
At the moment I'm at a loss. I want to keep the relationships which I'm afraid one or both might suddenly terminate if I push too hard. Hmm...
Be mindful of your words, you’re judging them based off your own bubble
Yeah, there are those cases, I also have such cases in my environment. But I also do know a lot of cases where relatively normal people in my environment became radical left-wing during the "pandemic". They want a duty to vaccinate ("Unvaccinated are social pest"), they become to think that implementing socialism would be a good idea, they think they would have to save the world from the "climate crisis" and that the would have to abandon private transport, and they also are surprisingly authoritarian ("the government has to rise the taxes to make people not use their cars anymore", "lets blow up a pipeline") and seem to act more and more like the Nazis in 1933. And also I have the impression that there is no chance of having a normal talk with them. So seems the problem exists on both sides, but I made the experience that on the left side the people seem to not see extremism and radicalism as a problem, they seem to only see it as a problem if the opposite side is doing it. Also the left seems to call every normal guy that does not have exact the same oppinion as them a radical/extremist. And because of my experience with all the hypocrisy and the double standards of the people on the political left I met so far I don't give a fuck about radicals and extremists any more. I don't like them, but I'm at the point where my only interest is to keep all this bullshit and conspiracy theories of the extreme lefts and the extreme rights off of me and to stay safe from the problems that are related to it. I'm more into the republicans, but also have some liberal views (liberal in the old definition - not the recent definition that means marxism), but after having met a lot of left-wingers at the university and seeing how similar they are to the Nazis when someone has other oppinions than them I realized that I have to view most of them as my enemies, so I don't talk much with them and don't keep much contact with them. I also do not openly talk to them about political things, especially not when I'm not in the anonymity of the internet. I'm sure you know the term "Cancel Culture"?
"This developed to anti-vax generally. In the months following came NWO (New World Order) conspiracy reposts, then anti-immigrant, anti-left wing/communist, white supremacy/white genocide, anti-lgbtq, etc type reposts" Okay, I think I just want to give my 2 cents to this:
- anti-vax generally: sure, this is a little bit narrow minded, but after the government did everything to compel people into an experimental vaccination it is understandable that they completly lost the trust into the government and the medical sector
- NWO conspiracy reports: I'm not sure if that's a real thing (currently I think it is probably BS), but there are definetly tendencies into the direction of a global totalitarian state. For example, the WHO is currently working on a contract that disables the constitution of all countries in case of a new "pandemic". And you have to know that the changed the definition of a pandemic some years ago. Now for a pandemic, a pathogen does not need to be able to cause heavy damage to the economic or the people for calling out a pandemic...
Also the central banks of a lot of countries want to abandon cash. They say it would be agains money laundry and terrorism, but in reality the just want to gain more power and be able to implement more surveilance.
- anti-immigrant: Most of them are not "anti-immigrant", that's a strawman argument. Most of them are against uncontrolled illegal mass-migration and the problems that are related to it. And you really ask why no one wants to talk to you?
- anti-left wing/communist: You do not need to be a right-wing to be against communism. Just look at the body count of the soviet union, look how the people lived in the DDR, look like the people live in North Korea and what a dystopian country china is. Then you know that communisms is just old dated crap.
- white supremacy/white genocide: Okay, the first is really right-wing BS, the latter is a fear that results from all this pro-mass-migration politics of the left wings, combined with all the migrant quotas. Add all this laws that allow "people of color" to legally steal from shops and the BLM demonstration (which was more of a war than a demonstration) and you have good reason to think that the lefties are leading a white genocide.
- anti-lgbtq: According to my experience this is mostly the backlash for all this insane gender stuff, the early sexualization of kids and all this massive gay propaganda the lefties try to force on the people.
And BTW: I have to come to the conclusion, that there is no pandemic and there was no such, just from my own thoughts to this whole thing and the information I got from the media. So, I'm against mandatory vaccination. I have no problem with someone who wants to get vaccinated, but I will definitely will not get a vaccination and will unleash hell if someone tries to force me to vaccinate. Especially because the freedom of the individual is the most valuable for me, so this include the freedom of choice about vaccinations. And don't you lefties always preach slogans like "My body my choice"? And then suddenly when it's about experimental vaccinations against a virus that is harmless for 99% of the people it is suddenly not "My body my choice" anymore? And if I got you right, you are for mandatory vaccinations. This is one example of the double standards I wrote about before. It is possible that you are an exception, maybe you are not in this double standards like your leftie mates, but you should definetly first blame your mates for their hypocrisy when you want to know why most people of the republican side don't want to talk to you anymore.
"Attempts to discuss the issues result in both getting very angry, with attacks on my character and my motives and claims that I'm brainwashed by the msm." Now you know how it is for me - as a republican with some liberal views - to talk to lefts. For example about illegal mass-migration, LGBT-whatsoever, feminism, etc.
"but neither of these friends had any tertiary education, and both have said that they trust their feelings ahead of "so-called" experts, or factual analysis, which they claim is anyway produced by "stooges" or "puppets"." I understand your point, but the problem is, that you can buy studies with a predefined result to use them for political propaganda. I'm not sure how big this problem really is, but if I look on how much pressure the big social media put in the last years to censor non-left-wing opponions and this whole Cancel Culture thing at the universities, I would assume that it is a big problem. Oh and you currently speak with a republican that has a university degree.
"at the moment we can't afford to worry too much about snowflakes with hurt feelings" I actually don't want to go deep into this whole political stuff, but if you are interested, I could try to explain what they mean with that.
You're in your own bubble, it's an American based bubble, your bubble says right wingers are a certain way. I'm not in an American bubble so I'm confused by all those traits you listed as not every American I've seen on the internet hold those values, nor would they say that's the foundation of right wing beliefs and not everyone calling themselves left have good moral ideas.
The American bubble also makes you think in binary, left or right.
@@carlohumfing6432 what are your views
how da faq u have 15k views! Ur videos will blow soon pls contunue working!
Do you think taking a decentralized approach to algorithmic searching would make this problem better or worse?
What's your take on the Dead internet theory?
Sally Jones
You gonna get the _chancla_ when your mom sees this video.
I did, actually...
next episode. compare bing, duckduckgo, yandex and google.
If you really want to find differences, try a search like 'MDMA dose'. See what the differences between results then.
Also, what changes if you use a VPN?
Interesting....
I find it is better to use Yandex sometimes because Google has been sued to remove certain search results.
It's all about the cookies!!
Love 'em
I can't believe we have to reteach people to value truth over opinions.
I've Googled the exact same thing on mine and someone else's device. The results were not exactly the same.
There you go
I think this is how I got here.
Omg! Bruh! Your mum so cute she had tab open for screenshot windows 10 haha
She's actually very angry at me for this video lol
Whatever happened to serendipity?
Comment for the algorithm! 🤙
Cheers!
Id love to get a link to Joes channel. Great content otherwise :D
ua-cam.com/video/K2q5txnEOrY/v-deo.html
Hey Bradley can you tell us something about your job or qualifications ?
Hello. I'm Sumsub's UK Sales rep.
I trained as an English teacher at Cambridge. Prior to that, I studied History at King's College.
I want to know how I burst the UA-cam bubble, I keep getting mostly French and Portuguese ads, I speak 7 languages, not those 2 though.
AMC! AMC! 💪🏾💪🏾☝🏾☝🏾
Where's the link to Joe? I want to meet Joe!
ua-cam.com/video/K2q5txnEOrY/v-deo.html
I guess it's time to Use Microsoft Edge, the browser that shows you what you need not what you want
Opera
Brave or Opera is the best.
My filter bubble brought me here...
Ironic right!
5:14, Ive just been offered to become a master bruce-lee videographer by utube ads:))))))) tf it's doing:) I'm a legal expert, that is:))))))
good
Who is to blame? The people who created it. They do not give people an option to opt-out, instead we have to block scripts and use particular search engines only.. it's very hard to avoid. By using youtube of course I am subject to it .. and I don't want it.
I am not scared of reality, I accept there's things I do not like and that is fine.
You know, when I showed my mum this video, she got very defensive saying that she's not 'pessimistic', but I don't think google lies; maybe it knows more about us than we even know.
@@Sumsubcom My mother is presently going down path of conspiracies courtesy of facebook and covid, everything she sees is supporting it. She doesn't understand that she is being fed exactly what she wants to hear.
Personally I think it also reduces the ability for people to cope with uncomfortable matters as they usually see only what panders to their biases.
How are we meant to research anything if truth is buried by other people's biases?
Instead of blocking scripts and opting out you could look for opinions that challenge your beliefs or entertainment you don't normally access. The bubble is easy to break.
@@myothersoul1953 How about no filtering in the first place? Then when I search for something I get the most relevant results based on my query. I want to control what I see, if I am looking for new car tyres I don't want to hear about what other people bought or who paid the most in advertising.
Even if you are manipulating the bubble with search queries you're still in it and cannot be sure what you are not seeing. You're also providing your data to them.
Blocking it is just easier.
@@MissFoxification I also wish they wouldn't filter my search results to sell me stuff. As long as it's not loud or a visual jungle, I don't care about a little advertising as long as I get results that are not just target ads.
I want filtering, I don't want just any website that contains the words I am looking for to come up. And of course I want relevant results but that's a big ask, how can an algorithm know what is relevant based solely on a few words I type into a search bar?
Search results are a product, if I could pay a small fee and have high quality search results, maps and all the other services without ads I would. But apparently people would rather trade privacy than cash for those services because the cash model doesn't exist.
So, basically the matrix isn’t just a movie.
Follow the rabbit, Neo.
How I got to know Sumsub-
Been talking about internet privacy a lot.
Got recommended his videos.
Horrific.
Lol
My cover changes constantly making it really irritating sporting the the content you are looking for.😂
Tacos 🌮 for the algorithm
BACK TO THE FUTURE!!!!
Harambeee!!
You should do a bigger study, maybe including your subs??
That just might work...
i find google searches very inefficient, unless you specifically specify every fact the chance of getting something relevant at least for me is low.
i definitely view political content but i don't limit the content to a specific ideology and try to avoid interacting with it other than viewing. i view all news sources but i do keep in mind the ideology of the news media i view. I also decided to search the exact same things from the video to see what would come up for me.
Dude, I have to know, who or what the heck is your friend staring at and or pondering on?
Heyhey
Quack!
That's why I don't use Netflix and use DuckDuckGo instead of Google...
Your ISP can still absolutely see what you are doing, and so can the government, the websites you visit and your employer. If you want to become more anonymous (although not completely) install a trusted VPN and use a privacy browser.
@@Thomas-nc9fz yeah yeah, at least they don't bombard me with ads and other shit. Plus VPN can also spy on you, the only way is to install t.o.r
can we see Joe's UA-cam channel? D:
ua-cam.com/video/K2q5txnEOrY/v-deo.html
when will the channel views explode?
love u :D
Im caught up by neuronets as of yet. Everything they show is based on the words I say around the device. I say, for ex, "my back" in a casual convo and get tons of shitty ointment ads. And the likes. Totally irrelevant.
I lived in Dubai, and they showed me dubai property ads which I don't need now, I say "kitty", and they show cat food.. shitty as it is.
It's still underdeveloped and is several years from being that proper bubble thing. Still waiting till I get relevant sht comin down my device.