YouTube’s algorithms recommending ‘incel’, ‘manosphere’ videos

Spare_Narwhal · 2022-05-20T01:44:19+00:00

I went though the report Reset Australia has on their site. Archive link if you want to check it out yourself.

The TL:DR is any content that offer's criticism of feminism is the content they suggest to be egregious.

They use some spree-killers as examples of the "escalation of violence" against women.

Jordan Peterson is prominently named.

Reference to "sigma males" (never seen that one before) and Sargon of Akkad (specifically the rape threats in 2019)

I checked out at that point as it seems to be the same old song and dance after that point. Seems very cherry picked and more of a study to validate the predetermined conclusion.

Zinziberruderalis · 2022-05-19T22:10:05+00:00

“This is yet another example of the business model of big tech placing profit ahead of safety – women’s safety,” said Reset board director Catriona Wallace. “We need to urgently put in place regulation that forces social media platforms to be transparent about the risks of their algorithms and redesign how they promote content so that they align with the feminist futures we want to create.”

"We"?

Censorship should be one of the default tags. Increasingly we are seeing demands for anti-male government censorship.

BloomingBrains · 2022-05-20T21:38:26+00:00

It seems to be that they are just automatically associating "anti-feminist" with "incel" and "manosphere". As if there were never any married or liberal men who argue against feminists, and the only possible reason a guy could "hate women" enough to do that would be if they rejected him. Never mind the abundance of counter-examples out there...

The truth is, the anti-feminist position is actually the most liberal. Same with incels, if we're talking about the legitimate "perpetually single" type and not the 4chan kind that is. Most of them express liberal values, and it makes sense to do so, because they themselves are often non-traditional in the scheme of society's acceptable list of male gender roles.

In fact this idea that most incels are far-right strikes me as so bizarre because conservatives hate them too.

MazerTag · 2022-05-20T04:50:36+00:00

I'm generally a peaceful guy, but if someone used the slur 'incel' in my presence, i would probably have a violent reaction.

I can't even imagine how the world would react if major corporations started talking about how they need to censor all of the 'sluts' on social media, or whatever insulting feminine slur is equivalent.

Title	YouTube’s algorithms recommending ‘incel’, ‘manosphere’ videos
Author	Zinziberruderalis
Upvotes	48
Comments	26
Date	May 19, 2022 10:07 PM UTC (4 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates/comments/utedfu/youtubes_algorithms_recommending_incel_manosphere/
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