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Am I the only one whose "shorts" feed is all basically softcore porn? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do you run an adblocker like PiHole or ADGuard on your network?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I do have a PiHole. Why would that change the recommendations?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I have no idea but I experience the same problem with small set of repeating shorts when on my home wifi network.

If I disconnect my phone from the wifi and use mobile internet instead, it often starts working better with YouTube Shorts.

Edit: my comment was about the set of shorts repeating and not why the algorithm choose sexy shorts for you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Perhaps if their ad services (googleadservices.com, doubleclick) have something to do with it, but I frankly doubt it.