The AfD was twice as effective at reaching first-time voters on the app than all other parties combined, according to an analysis of platform data. This may explain why the party performed so well among young voters.

  • Speiser0@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If only it was limited to TikTok. YouTube always recommends me those right shit videos, just because I’m german. (And no, it’s not personalization. I’ve turned that off, and it seems to work, YouTube doesn’t recommend me anything similar to the stuff that I actually watch.)
    And if I didn’t know that and how those right populists want to manipulate me, I would have long been radicalized already. There are just too many gullible people. Ads work for them, classical populism works for them, they give nigerian princes their money, they believe in superstition, why would anyone think voters were suddenly at least borderline resistent against populism?

    • addictedtochaos@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      i am also german, i didnt get those right wing contents. which content are we talking about, by the way`?

      have you examples?

      • Speiser0@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Sorry for the late answer. Somehow I got a bad case of demo effect.

        For example, under this video I’m getting recommendations such as:

        Spoiler

        • addictedtochaos@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          huh, that sure is wierd. i clicked the video on your link. i had the usual thing recommended: spaceships, farm machinery, how to play solo x on guitar, star trek and star wars news, and i had one anti afd video.

          i assume the problem lies in what you watched and did before on the internet. google is very connected, you see. you get always more of the things you researched and watched.

          i use firefox and have llots of various blockers and privacy stuff enabled, and turned off everything i could turn of in google and youtube, i mean, the datamining stuff.

            • addictedtochaos@lemm.eeEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              for sure, I just recently also turned geo location stuff of, even camera and microphone. I read a couple of articles that mentioned various issues with third parties listening to words, and what ever whattsapp does, i dont even want to know.

              i always said it was just conspiracy talk that this mirophone listens to us, but earnestly, why are so mamny apps connected to the microphone anyway?

              well. I have to delete my google account sooner or later. getting worse and worse prices onlineshopping is also a huge concern.