I created an alternative to the YouTube algorithm to stop me wasting time

Re:I created an alternative to the YouTube algorithm to stop... by gibolt on Monday November 23, 2020 @10:39PM (#25195042)

They have two options under the triple dot menu (at least on Android feed) that you are not interested in this video or this channel.

May help curate once you start getting those recommendations.

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Re:I created an alternative to the YouTube algorithm to stop... by TobTobXX on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @06:20AM (#25197446)

I once watched a few videos about US politics. After that YouTube just kept spanning half my recommendations with vids about USpol. While they were addicting, they didn't really interest me. I then took the effort to flag tem as 'not interesting' (about 3x, refreshing the browser) and it works, I have gotten very few recommendations about that since then.

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Re:I created an alternative to the YouTube algorithm to stop... by ianbooker on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @03:02AM (#25196302)

Then you cut out videos you were interested in the first place.

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Re:I created an alternative to the YouTube algorithm to stop... by Alphaeus on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @03:30AM (#25196464)

When it asks you why you're not interested, one of the options is "I've already watched this video".

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Re:I created an alternative to the YouTube algorithm to stop... by PopeDotNinja on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @04:14AM (#25196697)

I used to do that, but it was a lot of work & I didn't notice an improvement to the search results.

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Re:I created an alternative to the YouTube algorithm to stop... by etripe on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @06:18AM (#25197437)

I experienced exactly the same. I suspect that since they're optimising for engagement, already having watched a video is some indication that you'll engage with it again.

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