• AbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    There are millions of youtube videos uploaded every single day. Why do I always get the exact same stuff in my recommendations? And why does YouTube shorts keep playing the same clips over and over again? Even the ones I disliked.

    • Boy of Soy@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      You should never dislike on YouTube. They just view it as engagement and will give it you more. To actually get rid of content that you don’t like, you need to use “not interested” in the context menu.

      This drove me crazy for a long time.

  • Plopp@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    So, instead of getting the ability to search for videos properly, with negative search terms, user defined video length spans, exact dates, sort by reverse date order etc… we get ambient mode and color search? Can someone please, for the sake of humanity and my sanity, erase this company and its parent from the planet.

    • Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      Yes it’s super weird that porn sites had that functionality for over a decade and one of the world’s largest tech companies still can’t implement those.

  • Minotaur@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    I just used it and I thought it was kind of cute. It’s obviously “useless”, but as a small (I assume temporary) change I thought it was interesting to see how different “genres” of videos tend to color code themselves in the thumbnail.

    I’m all for small, fun little things in websites. Like anytime google has an interactive daily theme

  • Mango@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Can I get a feed that’s not insisting that I watch the same small selection of garbage for months? Thanks.

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      5 months ago

      The “not interested” button is your hero. Really, just hit “not interested” on a few of the offending genre and it should get right out of there.

      If you also remove them from your history - even better

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    5 months ago

    Sounds like a new and inventive way for them to push sponsored content on you but make it seem like you had some choice in the matter

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      5 months ago

      You’ve searched for Red! Here are some funny, relaxing and interesting videos from Coca-Cola, Adobe and Target!