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Re:Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the cred... by CraigJPerry on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @06:58PM (#25587846)
Is that possible? There's a channel i just don't want to see. Ever. I've blocked the channel but it regularly shows up in recommendations.

I actually have a todo item to see if i can't force the issue with a uBlock Origin rule.

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Re:Emotional headlines have an impact regardless of the cred... by gryfft on Thursday December 31, 2020 @01:44PM (#25595658)
When you click the three dots, it's the second option from the bottom.[1] It's not perfect, but I feel that eliminating entire channels at a time from my recommendations is a proportionate response to the engagement-maximization algorithm.

[1] https://i.imgur.com/JfYYTSk.png

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