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How the gun industry targets kids using TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and video games
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this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2023
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It's noticeable to the point of being annoying in the general YouTube shorts algorithm.
Every once in a while I'll flip through a few YouTube shorts and every time I eventually get frustrated by how much gun content I'm served. I've never willingly clicked on a YouTube video about guns but Google seems to think that is all I want to see. Most of what I watch is about old computers, engineering and gardening.
Realistically, "the algorithm" is just an elaborate "people who like A also like B so here is a video popular with B watchers", so it can't be too difficult to manipulate.
I'll never figure my YouTube selections. The vast majority of my YouTube use is gun related. Maybe looking at tutorials for gunsmithing a particular thing, or just to hear Gun Jesus school me on history, or maybe Paul Harrell has a cool looking new demonstration.
Any yet I get about zero right-wing, nutcase conspiracy bullshit. Not even right leaning guntubers. And the videos that aren't about guns, and there are plenty, speak to my interests. I can go all night hoping from one suggestion to the other.
Given what everyone else has said, it's really weird it works for me.
Ad funded mobile games are fucking stuffed with gun based shitty games. I’ve gotten quite good at counting to 30 seconds in my head without having to watch they garbage.