
Fast forward to 5:14
( , Thu 18 May 2023, 19:13, Reply)

As this nonsense dominates the headlines the government have probably further eroded and limited our rights.
I don't know who she is and don't know why I should have to listen to her opinion so I will not bother my arse to watch.
No offence but it's all smoke screen media at the moment.
( , Thu 18 May 2023, 19:22, Reply)

All the other stuff is still being reported and talked about.
( , Thu 18 May 2023, 21:23, Reply)

Agree 100% but I prefer to deal with important issues seeking primary source material, meeting people who have first hand experience and discern myself not lose sight of the broader and deeper perspective of life :)
( , Thu 18 May 2023, 23:01, Reply)

Oh no wait, you're right enough. Carry on.
( , Thu 18 May 2023, 21:21, Reply)

They wouldn't care about me.
'Neck vulva' was the only amusement I could extract.
( , Thu 18 May 2023, 22:32, Reply)

That doesn't stop YouTube recommending an endless stream of GBN, Sky News Australia, and Piers Morgan/Nigel Farage/Neil Oliver type content in the hope that I accidentally start watching one.
I can only assume they think I'm the right sort of age for it.
( , Thu 18 May 2023, 22:53, Reply)

( , Thu 18 May 2023, 23:19, Reply)

browser user agent info being one obvious one, but there's other stuff they can use to id you with a pretty high level of accuracy
( , Fri 19 May 2023, 8:53, Reply)

A combination of the User-Agent string and your IP Address will usually pin the request down to an individual device. That would normally be all you'd need.
( , Fri 19 May 2023, 13:30, Reply)

( , Fri 19 May 2023, 16:05, Reply)

Hypothetically if you clicked on a link in Twitter or wherever to a GBeebies video on YouTube (or something the algorithm considers similar) then it will register that as you showing interest in that. You're not signed in and aren't curating what it shows you with their "Not Interested" or "Don't Recommend This Channel" functions, so all it has to go on are the visits to the video. It doesn't know why you've watched it either, so watching it to see what that braindead cunt said this time counts just the same as watching it because you believe in it.
It may not even be that you watch that sort of video, but based on the sort of video you do watch they can build up a profile and take a guess about what they think is likely to interest you based on what other people who watch those things also watch.
( , Fri 19 May 2023, 17:26, Reply)

you'd think that me ignoring everything it shoves in my direction might encourage it to try shoving something a bit different.
A while back a colleague of mine told me I should watch everything while signed in, to better tailor the new material I get presented with. No ta, I think I'll keep scrolling past Jim Davidson's Meghan Opinions rather than give Google even more personal data to sell to advertisers.
( , Fri 19 May 2023, 19:33, Reply)

is the fact that I obsessively block all adverts and have never clicked through to buy anything, ever.
( , Fri 19 May 2023, 19:48, Reply)

( , Fri 19 May 2023, 19:35, Reply)