Re:On YouTube’s recommendation system
by lucb1e on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:35PM
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> Far more productive, is going to YouTube for something SPECIFIC. Use the search function to find what you're looking for
I'd sometimes forget what I came for based on the recommendations from the homepage. Not that I was logged in and saw interesting stuff -- not even -- just the sheer uselessness of what people apparently watch the most (clickbait titles, soccer match replays, gasping surprised face with all-caps title, you know the type). Adding that part of the homepage to the ad blocker, using the pipette tool in uBlock Origin, helped a lot. Or add the youtube search to your address bar (firefox: add keyword search, or go via ddg bang commands) so you don't have to open the homepage to get a search box.
I'd sometimes forget what I came for based on the recommendations from the homepage. Not that I was logged in and saw interesting stuff -- not even -- just the sheer uselessness of what people apparently watch the most (clickbait titles, soccer match replays, gasping surprised face with all-caps title, you know the type). Adding that part of the homepage to the ad blocker, using the pipette tool in uBlock Origin, helped a lot. Or add the youtube search to your address bar (firefox: add keyword search, or go via ddg bang commands) so you don't have to open the homepage to get a search box.