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Re:Ask HN: YouTube's website search isn't useful anymore, is... by pyeri on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @04:57PM (#36317190)
Is it just me or YT also has this curious habit of pushing and promoting electoral politics video content more and more despite knowing full well that you don't watch such content?
Re:Ask HN: YouTube's website search isn't useful anymore, is... by JohnFen on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @05:38PM (#36317832)
I don't know if it's just you, but it hasn't been recommending that stuff to me (thank goodness).
Re:Ask HN: YouTube's website search isn't useful anymore, is... by GravityisaHoax on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @05:58PM (#36318149)
I haven't seen any politics in my feed. The content it shows me is fairly related to what I watch. I have used "Not interested" and "Don't recommend channel" fairly often, so that probably has helped.
Re:Ask HN: YouTube's website search isn't useful anymore, is... by SllX on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @06:23PM (#36318436)
In the past I aggressively made use of “Don’t recommend this” and “Not interested” options, along with deleting accidental clicks from my history. I actually haven’t had to do that in a long time though and I’m not seeing any political videos at all.

If you’re not doing anything to curate your recommendations, maybe give it a shot.

Re:Ask HN: YouTube's website search isn't useful anymore, is... by Larrikin on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:16PM (#36320044)
I've never been recommended those kind of videos, but the only political things I watch on YouTube are live streams of the debates, inaugurations, and the state of the union.
Re:Ask HN: YouTube's website search isn't useful anymore, is... by cocodill on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:34PM (#36321107)
not really but I get flooded with sports videos. "Not interested" and "Don't recommend channel" tend to reinforce this behavior.
Re:Ask HN: YouTube's website search isn't useful anymore, is... by kmac_ on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:19AM (#36323024)
I’m being spammed with ads, shorts, and videos from a single right-wing ultra-Catholic party. It’s quite annoying.
Re:Ask HN: YouTube's website search isn't useful anymore, is... by kirubakaran on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @04:52AM (#36323224)
Thank you for taking one for the team and soaking up their ad spend ;)
Re:Ask HN: YouTube's website search isn't useful anymore, is... by Spooky23 on Thursday June 15, 2023 @10:33AM (#36341107)
It’s not just you but it is you. :)

You’ve engaged with it so they keep throwing it at you. My kid broke my YouTube when he was little watching awful kid videos. You need to find something high value to reset or break the profile. Stuff like crypto and gold coins are easy to spot and skip and high value. So if you leave a gold coin playlist running, you won’t see political ads.

Over time, the gold stuff will go away.