Did a whole bunch of right wing money flood into Youtube trying to influence culture? Or am I jumping at shadows?
Suddenly my Youtube ads are all “Real men protect women and wear this tactical hoodie!” and Youtube thinks I want to watch Matt Walsh’s transphobic documentary. Emotionally, it feels like they’re throwing salt in my wounds while I’m just trying to watch my astrophysics Youtubers and escape.
If you think the ads are bad, just wait until you read the comments under videos… even the most benign of topics has some chucklefuck bringing politics into it. Advertisers know where their target audience spends time, unfortunately.
Comments have been bad for a while. I’ve left three Facebook groups since the election because of hard right unrelated posts and comments. I’m pretty sure it’s due to bots but interesting technical groups became cesspools in less than 24 hours. It reminded me of the end of Usenet.