Wanna hear something creepy?

Discussion in 'The Chatterbox' started by gorgo2, Feb 7, 2020.

  1. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    I'd seen it mentioned but didn't pay any mind until it happened to me.

    For some time, YouTube has been randomly jerking around viewer's channels. You log in to find that a channel (or several) that you enjoy is Unsubscribed, while some nonsense of no interest to you is now in your list of subscriptions. I've now had two channels disappear on me, forcing me to resubscribe, and nonsense I never came close to searching for show up as Subscribed.

    Apparently, GoogleTube Has reached the point where they strongly suggest [force] what you watch and don't watch, regardless of what you may think about it.

    Anyone else seen it happen?
     
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  2. wristwatchb

    wristwatchb wristwatch "danger" b

    I haven't noticed anything happening with my subscriptions. I get tons of video suggestions on the main YouTube page these days, though.

    You don't suppose someone is watching us? ;)
     
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  3. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    Every moment.
     
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  4. wristwatchb

    wristwatchb wristwatch "danger" b

    Thankfully, I have yet to appear in the People at Walmart videos. Or maybe I have? ;)
     
  5. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

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    Could be ........

    :eatdrink013:
     
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  6. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    Or how about People At Piggleh Wiggleh, BUDDEH????
     
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  7. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    The only time I've used Youtube on a consistent level is to listen to favorite songs. A few of them have "disappeared".
     
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  8. SharptoothC

    SharptoothC I bite..........

    I haven't noticed my subscriptions disappearing, but did notice bizarre subscriptions I'd never watch. I soon found out that both of my daughters were attached to my YouTube account.

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  9. Primotenore

    Primotenore missed opera tunity

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    I haven't had any subscribed channels disappearing either. The "suggested" videos are pretty random and oftentimes, bizarre.
     
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  10. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    The two that I've seen drop off are the only channels I watch that are...how to put this...outside the pale of the Googlearchy's sociopolitical leanings. All else is politically neutral.

    Coincidence, you say? Well, as they are the only ones that ever auto-unsubscribed on me, so I must suspect deliberate tinkering by some drone in the bowels of Minitrue.
     
    Last edited: Feb 8, 2020
  11. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    Checked this morning, now there's a channel with a video of a nearly naked woman dancing to ZZ Top. Not something I subscribed to, not my style. Could be an out-of-control algorithm, but that doesn't explain channels spontaneously unsubscribing.
     
  12. speedster

    speedster Well-Known Member

    For me, the term 'software engineering' is more of an oxymoron than an actual, accredited engineering field, and maybe what's happening with Boeing will finally get people to wake up to this fact.
     
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  13. Bama Samurai

    Bama Samurai with Laser-like Focus

    Google is the Intel services

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  14. Primotenore

    Primotenore missed opera tunity

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    Which is why I dumped Google Chrome. I won't even search on Google.
     
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  15. FatherofSquirrel

    FatherofSquirrel A right jolly old elf

    I've had my saved lists disappear.
    It is very annoying.
    Some bull crap about having my own channel.
     
  16. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    I have no channel.
     
  17. FatherofSquirrel

    FatherofSquirrel A right jolly old elf

    What do you find to be a good search engine?
     
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  18. FatherofSquirrel

    FatherofSquirrel A right jolly old elf

    Yeah, me neither.
    May have to make one in order to keep my play list.
     
  19. Primotenore

    Primotenore missed opera tunity

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