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0 pointsBizarroLand2y ago0 comments

If you see that stuff, just ignore it and move on. I think their algorithm targets engagement and counts dislikes/blocks/reports as engagement as well.

I blocked one video like that and all of a sudden my recommendations that were tech and comedy centric started being prepper/anti-antifa/weaponry/pro-republican/Jordan Petersen/Ben Shapiro/Pro-trump general dog crap, and the more I blocked and reported the more it sent my way.

I cleaned my browser history and it kept coming.

I was losing my mind with frustration as it got so bad I had to explicitly go to my favorite channels just to see their videos.

Then, I deleted my youtube watch history and it stopped but reset all of my stuff to their generic front page. That was exasperating.

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snapplebobapple2y ago

Why aren't you using an rss feed reader to "subscribe" to all the channels you like and filtering through that? I have all my stuff subscribed in commafeed (https://github.com/Athou/commafeed/ but freshrss is also quite good https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS) I only ever go to youtube main page if I have time to spare and want to see something new, it's wonderful. If you combine this with some ad blocks and sponsorblock it makes youtube splendid again.

BizarroLandOP2y ago

I didn't know about this functionality.

Thanks!

snapplebobapple2y ago

Its' really the way to go in my opinion. I have my feeds grouped by interest so if I'm in the mood for something specific I click on the specific feed and see what's new, but if I'm interested in something carpentry, or rving, or hiking, or networking/selfhosting I just click on the directory I have those feeds in and see them all most recent first. It also makes it dead simple to switch a youtube feed out for rumble/bitchute/peertub/lbry/etc. if the creator you are following starts publishing elsewhere.

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0 pointsBizarroLand2y ago0 comments

If you see that stuff, just ignore it and move on. I think their algorithm targets engagement and counts dislikes/blocks/reports as engagement as well.

I cleaned my browser history and it kept coming.

I was losing my mind with frustration as it got so bad I had to explicitly go to my favorite channels just to see their videos.

Then, I deleted my youtube watch history and it stopped but reset all of my stuff to their generic front page. That was exasperating.

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snapplebobapple2y ago

BizarroLandOP2y ago

I didn't know about this functionality.

Thanks!

snapplebobapple2y ago

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