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Re:Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It? by antondd on Thursday August 31, 2023 @09:34AM (#37336922)
I've had a similar problem with YouTube. What helped me was a) disabling the history; b) heavily curating my subscriptions. I only try to consume content that comes from either my specific searches (e.g. "how to change oil in a motorcycle") or from the channels I follow. You still get occasionally sucked into "recommended" videos, but it is much better than having to rely on the front page of my account feeding all kinds of garbage.
Re:Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It? by teddyh on Thursday August 31, 2023 @09:38AM (#37336972)
I strongly recommend RYS: <https://lawrencehook.com/rys/>
Re:Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It? by siboehm on Thursday August 31, 2023 @11:07AM (#37338347)
You can achieve close to the same thing using uBlock element zapper, without installing extra plugins. I use the same trick for SO ('Hot Network Questions' darkpattern) and other sites.
Re:Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It? by teddyh on Thursday August 31, 2023 @09:18PM (#37345643)
Well, yes, but only assuming that YouTube does not change anything. If they do, then your uBlock rules won’t work, but RYS will presumably be updated to still work.
Re:Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It? by tux1968 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @11:42AM (#37338979)
Using the "Not Interested", and "Don't recommend this channel" options on recommendations you don't like does seem to help a fair bit too.