I bought a replacement part for my stove like 4 years ago from a local shop, and i still get emails *HEY, HEY, YOU LIKE STOVE PARTS RIGHT? HERES SOME AWESOME DEALS ON STOVE PARTS”
watch 30 videos on a subject that you’re super interested in.
Youtube: crickets
Accidentally click the wrong video and watch 3 seconds of it before going back and watching something else
Youtube: OH, YOU LOVE THAT THINK YOU ACCIDENTALLY CLICKED? YOU LOVE IT AND WANT TO SLEEP WITH IT AND RUB IT ON YOUR NIPPLES? WONDERFUL WE’RE GONNA DO NOTHING BUT SPEND THE NEXT THREE WEEKS SHOVING IT DOWN YOUR THROAT BECAUSE WE’RE SO MAGNANIMOUS.
Did you know you can actually turn off your watch history, and it will stop recommending videos entirely?
I did it a while back to help stop me from refresh-addiction, and it totally works! You still get a subscription feed but it’s chronological, and it will still suggest relevant videos in the sidebar when you’re watching something.
It still recommends videos on the sidebar while watching other stuff. If your watching Tom Scott for example you will get a lot of relevant videos and a mix of his other vids on the side.
I don’t even know why stuff appears. Recently I got a bunch of NASCAR come up. I think it’s because I follow the NLS in Germany and watched an Obama video and that mooshed motorsport and the USA into the algorithm.
Creators often quote how few of their viewers come from subscribers. I am amazed that the vast majority of YouTube watchers just happily let YouTube decide what shit to show them.
It’s because they’re generally pretty good at showing me interesting content. Also, if you regularly watch a given creator’s videos as soon as they come out, they will be at the top of your recommend anyway.
YouTube started doing a thing for me a few days back where every video that I moused over for a few seconds counted as a view and went into my watch history. Only took me about 30 min to notice because my algorithm suddenly turned to shit and I was getting the most content-slop recommendations. I could actually tell something was off with my account they were so bad. Looked at my watch history and noticed like 15 videos I never watched. Removed all of them and it went back to normal, then I had to Google how to turn off mouseover autoplay to make it stop.
I clicked on a couple of Jerma videos years ago, and I have now given up clicking ’not interested’ every time he pops up again. I have begun suspecting ‘active disinterest’ being interpreted as a form of interest. Like, there’s no saying no, there’s only interacting vs. not interacting.
I have clicked not interested on some vinny vinesauce channel about 200 times, and eventually started clicking don’t recommend channel.
Now I get recommended “Vinny vinesauce clips” don’t recommend channel “Vinny vinesauce best moments” don’t recommend channel “Vinny vinescause…” im going to lose my mind
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YouTube uses the same recommendation algorithm as Gmail.
“Oh you bought a mattress? You must want more mattress content and to know every time someone talks about mattresses.”
That’s Amazon too.
I see you bought a desk, so here are 5 great deals on desks!
I think all stores are like that.
I bought a replacement part for my stove like 4 years ago from a local shop, and i still get emails *HEY, HEY, YOU LIKE STOVE PARTS RIGHT? HERES SOME AWESOME DEALS ON STOVE PARTS”
people use gmail’s web ui?
watch 30 videos on a subject that you’re super interested in.
Youtube: crickets
Accidentally click the wrong video and watch 3 seconds of it before going back and watching something else
Youtube: OH, YOU LOVE THAT THINK YOU ACCIDENTALLY CLICKED? YOU LOVE IT AND WANT TO SLEEP WITH IT AND RUB IT ON YOUR NIPPLES? WONDERFUL WE’RE GONNA DO NOTHING BUT SPEND THE NEXT THREE WEEKS SHOVING IT DOWN YOUR THROAT BECAUSE WE’RE SO MAGNANIMOUS.
Did you know you can actually turn off your watch history, and it will stop recommending videos entirely?
I did it a while back to help stop me from refresh-addiction, and it totally works! You still get a subscription feed but it’s chronological, and it will still suggest relevant videos in the sidebar when you’re watching something.
I want it to recommend some things. So I just curate my history obsessively.
It still recommends videos on the sidebar while watching other stuff. If your watching Tom Scott for example you will get a lot of relevant videos and a mix of his other vids on the side.
that requires making a google account and logging in
Nope. I set up the browser on my computer and phone to delete all cookies from youtube every time I close the window/tab.
Every time I rock up to youtube, it’s like I’m visiting for the first time. Zero recommendations. “Try searching to get started!”
I watch a couple videos, I close the tab. Next time I open youtube? Zero recommendations again. It’s awesome.
I click on ONE my little pony video that one time.
that’s different. you really were addicted.
And it will never recommend you any new topic you might actually want to learn about either.
I don’t even know why stuff appears. Recently I got a bunch of NASCAR come up. I think it’s because I follow the NLS in Germany and watched an Obama video and that mooshed motorsport and the USA into the algorithm.
I get NASCAR sometimes as well. I follow swedish speedway, and FIM Speedway GP and YouTube can’t tell them apart…
Me, never leaving the Subscription tab: ???
Creators often quote how few of their viewers come from subscribers. I am amazed that the vast majority of YouTube watchers just happily let YouTube decide what shit to show them.
It’s because they’re generally pretty good at showing me interesting content. Also, if you regularly watch a given creator’s videos as soon as they come out, they will be at the top of your recommend anyway.
That’s wild. I guess it’s like channel surfing, but jeez.
YouTube started doing a thing for me a few days back where every video that I moused over for a few seconds counted as a view and went into my watch history. Only took me about 30 min to notice because my algorithm suddenly turned to shit and I was getting the most content-slop recommendations. I could actually tell something was off with my account they were so bad. Looked at my watch history and noticed like 15 videos I never watched. Removed all of them and it went back to normal, then I had to Google how to turn off mouseover autoplay to make it stop.
You can delete a video from your history and it will stop the algo from doing that. But yeah, it’s a really annoying algo.
Warch one breaking bad/better call saul scene, and now the whole series is in my feed.
I don’t know how the algorithm is still so bad and seemingly based on like single keywords
I clicked on a couple of Jerma videos years ago, and I have now given up clicking ’not interested’ every time he pops up again. I have begun suspecting ‘active disinterest’ being interpreted as a form of interest. Like, there’s no saying no, there’s only interacting vs. not interacting.
I have clicked not interested on some vinny vinesauce channel about 200 times, and eventually started clicking don’t recommend channel.
Now I get recommended “Vinny vinesauce clips” don’t recommend channel “Vinny vinesauce best moments” don’t recommend channel “Vinny vinescause…” im going to lose my mind
wow, you watched the whole thing!
Just watch in a private tab. If you find a channel worth following that way, then it can be promoted to “subscribed” status