Dude, I had never even HEARD of this guy’s name prior to his death. What is going on here!? Why are people freaking out. Am I that out of touch?

Even my liberal wife was aware of who this guy was. Was anyone else like me?

I know who Ben Shapiro is. But Charlie Kirk!? This entire time both the left and the right either hates or adored this guy? What are you all surfing on your cell phones!?

  • otp@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    11 days ago

    I also didn’t know. I hadn’t even heard Ben Shapiro’s voice until like a year or two ago. I don’t get how people who aren’t interested in that Far Right Wing stuff end up being exposed to that nonsense.

    • dom@lemmy.ca
      6·
      10 days ago

      The algorithms often serve that stuff up to people who aren’t far right if they engage with it. And that includes comments disputing the comments made in the videos or arguing.

      The algorithm doesn’t care about your beliefs. It just cares about what gets you emotionally involved enough to engage.

      • otp@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        10 days ago

        Ah, I guess the idea is usually not to engage.

        My YouTube feed is curated pretty well. I don’t really get anything that isn’t related to gaming or computing.

        • dom@lemmy.ca
          2·
          10 days ago

          Less youtube, more stories and reels on Instagram and Facebook. I should really delete all my meta products…

          And its hard not to engage when someone says ridiculous things like child deaths are acceptable cost to keep 2nd amendment

          • otp@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            10 days ago

            And its hard not to engage when someone says ridiculous things like child deaths are acceptable cost to keep 2nd amendment

            Well, someone definitely “engaged” with that rhetoric! Lol

            I just don’t end up watching that stuff. Like, some random guy spewing nonsense into a microphone…I don’t know why I’d even tap on that video.

            Cat video, bird video, dog video, food video, travel destination video, retro game video, yes…

            Guy with a microphone in a mock studio? That one won’t even start playing.

            • dom@lemmy.ca
              2·
              10 days ago

              They know that, that’s why they have the reels auto play hah Its Definitely a problem i can solve

              • otp@sh.itjust.works
                1·
                10 days ago

                On Instagram, they just sometimes play in the “reel gallery”, but they never draw my attention. Do they play with sound? I have my sound off by default, only turning it on if I want to hear what I’m looking at.

                Or are people just swiping through full-screen reels? Lol

                I like to browse the menu before ordering. Not walk through the buffet, item-by-item in order, forcing myself to start eating each item before I know what it is.

    • Una@europe.pub
      3·
      11 days ago

      Whenever I hear about Ben Shapiro, I always think about Robbie Shapiro. I heard about them through tiktok, in 2020 I listened to some conspiracy theory bullshit and later in 2023 and later listened more left leaning media on tiktok and they still do reactions kinda debates with those people on the right.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Bennett