Tumblr crosspost (9 February 2021)

[anghraine]

YouTube keeps reccing “what your favorite [X Fandom] ship says about you” videos, and it’s like … without additional information, your ship says nothing about you! Yes, even if it’s [Ship Someone Really Hates]. Other people don’t know your life and motivations, and it’s patently obvious that people ship the same things for different reasons. It’s how you ship it + other behavior that reveals something of yourself—and even that is easy for strangers to lump into an undifferentiated mass.

I’m completely immovable on this point, so why I keep getting these videos is a mystery.

#i mean #at least the recs evolved from 'racist and misogynistic takes on tolkien' and 'dudebros whining about star wars' #to just inane shit #(okay and she-ra fanvids) #(but that is not a mystery lol)

[ETA 5/9/2024: this has completely disappeared from the algorithm over the last couple of years, which I find mildly interesting as a phenomenon! People asked if I was thinking of one specific YouTuber and I wasn't, I just kept getting recced this kind of thing.]