Seriously. Why is Youtube suggesting videos how great Tulsi Gabbard is to me?

[DetlefK]

Youtube has never suggested political videos to me, because I don't watch stuff like that on Youtube. Ever.

And even if it's because of the primaries, why hasn't Youtube suggested videos about Sanders or Warren or Biden or Harris or Buttigieg or whatever? Why the sudden interest in a candidate that's polling at 1%?



From February 2019
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/russia-s-propaganda-machine-discovers-2020-democratic-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-n964261

An NBC News analysis of the main English-language news sites employed by Russia in its 2016 election meddling shows Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who is set to make her formal announcement Saturday, has become a favorite of the sites Moscow used when it interfered in 2016.

Several experts who track websites and social media linked to the Kremlin have also seen what they believe may be the first stirrings of an upcoming Russian campaign of support for Gabbard.

Since Gabbard announced her intention to run on Jan. 11, there have been at least 20 Gabbard stories on three major Moscow-based English-language websites affiliated with or supportive of the Russian government: RT, the Russian-owned TV outlet; Sputnik News, a radio outlet; and Russia Insider, a blog that experts say closely follows the Kremlin line. The CIA has called RT and Sputnik part of "Russia's state-run propaganda machine."

...

All three sites celebrated Gabbard's announcement, defended her positions on Russia and her 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, and attacked those who have suggested she is a pawn for Moscow. The coverage devoted to Gabbard, both in news and commentary, exceeds that afforded to any of the declared or rumored Democratic candidates despite Gabbard's lack of voter recognition.

I compared news-stories about the democratic candidates on RT a few months ago: RT absolutely hates Warren and absolutely loves Gabbard.

[gelsdorf]

1. You need to see The Great Hack

now on Netflix. That will explain everything

[CrispyQ]

31. It was eye opening.

[JI7]

2. trolls. im getting the same shit. they are all over social media. now just imagine

how things will be as we get closer to elections.

[yardwork]

3. The algorithms used by YouTube push viewers to extremes.

This is YouTube's business model. They make money off advertising and selling data. If you watch a political speech on YouTube, they will suggest extreme examples of the continuum. Watch a Joe Biden speech on YouTube, get suggestions of Tulsi Gabbard. Watch a Trump speech and your feed will explode with white supremacists.

It's part of the problem.

[bluedigger]

4. I'll trade my Epoch Times ads for Gabbard videos any day, and twice on Sundays.

[Hortensis]

19. Or Sanders promos targeted at us by sources waging war on us, right?

Agree. I LIKE what they say, they make good sense, better than ALL the others, but that doesn't mean I'm under the influence. I can recognize lies any time I care to.

[bluedigger]

25. I haven't seen any of those.

That "Sanders is a foreign pawn" canard has been with us for far too long, though.

[Hortensis]

34. In the Mueller report. Read it.

I wouldn’t have used the word pawn, but of course since for a long time Sanders knew it was happening, understood it benefited him, and didn’t warn his supporters they were being targeted by Russian intelligence or put a stop to it, I Don’t know if it would be too far of a stretch.

[Eyeball_Kid]

5. Gabbard needs to denounce Russian efforts to boost her candidacy.

She needs to make the sacrifice of pushing away "positive" coverage for the sake of the integrity of the election process. If she doesn't, then we know who from where her support comes. Russia. It's a simple equation.

Gabbard may be getting RT's approval because of her odd stance on Syria's Assad. Syria is a Russian ally and Russia has a port on Syria's Mediterranean coast. Gabbard needs to separate herself from Russia's interests. Period. If she does that, she'll be more competetive because some of the press are perceiving that she's loyal to Russia. That's not good for her and not good for the Democrats.

[Clarity2]

7. Nothing will lift the suspicion

Syria isn't enough to garner her Russian support. It would be all about the sanctions, and more. This is why I will never support Bernie. The russians supported either trump or bernie in the 2016 election. Its in the Mueller report. And bernie has a bad record on voting on sanctions.

She needs to just drop out at this point. She may be playing a better game at not showing her loyalty than trump (who has no filter).

[Claritie Pixie]

12. Unless she does denounce, I assume she welcomes it.

If so that would make her no better than Trump.

[calguy]

26. I think RT would to see us ran a....

Gabbard/Williamson ticket. That would be Putin's dream ticket.

[democratisphere]

6. You may have searched her name and boogle in their infinite wisdom

will now bombard you with a ton of info about her.

[thesquanderer]

8. Yes, if you googled her or even just clicked a link for an article about her, google knows...

...and people sometimes don't realize (or forget) that google owns youtube. So google's knowledge about you can influence the youtube videos you're shown.

[Botany]

9. I do have some music for all of those who work with and for Russia

[dalton99a]

17. +1. And the day of reckoning is coming

[Anon-C]

27. ...

[SCantiGOP]

10. Had anyone asked her yet

about Russian support for her and why she thinks that is occurring?

[SCVDem]

11. Once again, follow the money.

Verify all her small contributions allowing her to continue are legit and not shell trolls donating ten bucks.

Russia can buy their way in again.

[Hortensis]

20. Yes, but the main technique is to grow crops of useful idiots

and persuade them to donate small amounts perfectly legally. She is in better financial shape than others with her very low ranking.

[oldsoftie]

13. At the top of this very page is an ad for Newsmax. Right here on DU. You cant control it.

I see ads for diamonds, bikinis, you name it, right here

[Hortensis]

21. DU would not allow Russian agitprop masquerading as ads,

or links to Putin's special blends of poison. DU really can control that, Oldsoftie.

DU is also constantly intercepting agents come poison discussion here, every day all day long. Some agents come subtly to embed and leak poison long-term, and they can take a while to identify, if ever. Most specialize in eroding belief and commitment.

[DetlefK]

23. I'm very certain I debated a russian troll here on DU just prior to the election.

I do remember the username, but I won't post it.

We had lengthy discussions, for example about Syria, and he would always go out of his way to defend Russia and make it look good. Then, 1 week after the election he left DU.



And who can forget that DU got attacked by hackers on election-day 2016???

[Hortensis]

35. I can't tell foreign from domestic enemies, but there have been

times when I felt a DUer was likely a professional agent.

[oldsoftie]

37. I should have done screen shot, because it was there. And it isnt the first time.

Rare, and usually i get others but it happens. These ad bots are faster at changing their algorithms than DU is at keeping up with them apparently.

[Hortensis]

38. Yes, I'm sure you saw it without needing a screenshot.

It's a constant battle, but hostile media are never allowed, as opposed to what Youtube is profiting by disseminating.

[calguy]

28. You can control it

Just make a simple annual donation to DU, whatever you can afford, and you won't see anymore ads on DU. And in the process you help to support this site we all love and enjoy.

[wyldwolf]

14. Youtube is owned by Google

If you have done ANY political searches on google, you're served ads and videos on every other google platform based on those searches. If Gabbard's campaign has purchased display advertising on google's platform, you might see them.

[onecaliberal]

15. Gabbard is owned by Russia. The Harris attack's are coming from the Russian troll farms.

[emmaverybo]

16. That may well be true, but her record as DA and AG has been questioned in credible, local

sources for years. These concerns did not originate with Russian troll farms though their re-surfacing is clearly politically inspired.

[onecaliberal]

18. I'm a Californian, I know all about her record. I see how it's getting twisted.

[Hortensis]

22. AND of course our own billionaire kleptocrats and the

Republican agents they've packed governments at all levels with. They and Putin all have huge ambitions and a huge stake in putting an end to electoral power that will eventually put an end to them if they eliminate our threat first.

[emmaverybo]

29. Well, so was I, a Californian. Very familiar with the good and the bad in her record. Very

familiar with her style of politicking.

[brush]

33. There's more to her record than what Gabbard and right wingers are pushing

And AGs and DAs are prosecutors not defense attorneys. They prosecute crimes but some institute anti-recidivism projects and other things. Check these links not pushed by wingers.

https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-releases-%E2%80%9Cback-track-%E2%80%93-los-angeles%E2%80%9D-report

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287225222

[Anon-C]

32. Read today's NYT article on Gabbard if you can; they certainly

...they certainly allow her to make her case and paint her brochure...but sure enough as the article goes forward...
...it ends with her plugging an Oliver Stone documentary a week after the Putin Godfather affair.

So in your face, you need not be a conspiracy theorist...




Some good reporting out about her connection to the Narendra Modi government as well.

[Hekate]

40. You should probably provide some links -- they exist -- otherwise your shorthand ...

Last edited Sun Aug 4, 2019, 02:08 AM - Edit history (1)

...is open to misunderstanding. She is a problematic candidate.

Edited to add.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=225704

That link is to my recent post which has 3 links to my bookmarks of extensive research on Tulsi, most originating in her home state. The "closed cult" she was raised in has its own non-democratic agenda.

[Skidmore]

24. Why I only view

talent shows, music videos, history documentaries, recipes, and an occasional movie on YouTube .

[IcyPeas]

30. youtube suggests all kinds of videos..... click "Not Interested"

you can click the 3 little dots to the right of the suggestion and click on Not Interested. you won't see videos like this again. They rarely suggest things I actually like. just keep clicking the 3 dots and Not Interested. Sometimes it suggests things that are trending so it's not even necessarily that it is going by your clicks.

(for those who are not aware of this)

[melman]

36. YouTube recommendations aren't just based on video views

They will recommend stuff based on what you google, what you look at on twitter...etc.

[TSIAS]

41. Do you think YouTube is in bed with Putin?

Are people's minds so broken that people seem to think everything is one giant conspiracy?

I've never had Gabbard promoted on youtube and I use the site daily.

[DetlefK]

42. No, I think there's a coordinated effort by Youtubers to push Gabbard-videos.

"Just because you're paranoid, that does not mean they are not after you."
- Rohrschach