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Stop promoting videos that are low-content, mindless listicles, or flat-out misleading. Or promote stupid behavior. I'm relatively savvy, but every time I go po

Stop promoting videos that are low-content, mindless listicles, or flat-out misleading. Or promote stupid behavior. I'm relatively savvy, but every time I go poking around YouTube it takes a fucking effort to avoid this garbage. Those videos are designed to be as addicting and empty as eating piles and piles of candy and YouTube cannot be a mentally healthy place as long as they're constantly pushed to to forefront.

Reedx 8y ago
I rarely see any of that, actually. The key is to be logged in, build up some history and subscribe to high quality channels. Most of what I see is related to things I've watched or new content from said channels. Plus subscribe to Youtube Red, so don't have ads injecting garbage.
- dredmorbius 8y ago
  I don't want to be logged in or spew my personal viewing interests to some cloud-hosted ads-and-marketing AI's behavioural manipulation engine. Why not client-based tools that locally retain channel blocklists?
  - vatueil 8y ago
    As a website YouTube probably doesn't have much interest in working on client-based tools, especially not for a niche audience. Though I do wish they would at least give even logged-in users a way to block channels. There are browser add-ons that can block channels or certain keywords: - Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/video-blocker/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/video-blocker/ - Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-blocker/jknkjnpcbbgcbdbaampbjlhkcghmgfhk https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-blocker/jknk...
    - dredmorbius 8y ago
      I was under the impression chanel blocking had been recently added, possibly not. I've certainly advocated for it. Absent that, the downside risk for offensive or abysmal content is minimal. Blocking puts skin in the game.
      - vatueil 8y ago
        Parents can block channels in YouTube Kids, but I don't know of a way to block channels in normal YouTube. The closest I've seen is telling YouTube you're not interested in recommendations for a certain channel, but I assume that only prevents videos from that channel showing up on your home page. Though I usually just use the Video Blocker extension, so perhaps there's something I'm missed.
        dredmorbius 8y ago
        Huh. I thought I'd run across a mention of channel-blocking and posted it, I guess not. Here's my 2015 ask ... in ... emphatic language. https://plus.google.com/104092656004159577193/posts/JF68A2TxUNu https://plus.google.com/104092656004159577193/posts/JF68A2Tx...
  - Reedx 8y ago
    Then why not subscribe if you want to use their service? No ads.
- majewsky 8y ago
  > Red [ :/ ] This subscription is not available in your country.
- lovehashbrowns 8y ago
  YouTube is pretty accurate in how it does recommended content. Sometimes I do watch shitty content, but unlike Amazon, I'm not gonna be stuck with that decision for the next few months. And their revenue model is apparently really good, with YouTube red being more lucrative for a channel than ads. It's the kind of system I wish were available in other places more often.

Reedx 8y ago

I rarely see any of that, actually. The key is to be logged in, build up some history and subscribe to high quality channels. Most of what I see is related to things I've watched or new content from said channels. Plus subscribe to Youtube Red, so don't have ads injecting garbage.

dredmorbius 8y ago
I don't want to be logged in or spew my personal viewing interests to some cloud-hosted ads-and-marketing AI's behavioural manipulation engine. Why not client-based tools that locally retain channel blocklists?
- vatueil 8y ago
  As a website YouTube probably doesn't have much interest in working on client-based tools, especially not for a niche audience. Though I do wish they would at least give even logged-in users a way to block channels. There are browser add-ons that can block channels or certain keywords: - Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/video-blocker/ https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/video-blocker/ - Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-blocker/jknkjnpcbbgcbdbaampbjlhkcghmgfhk https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-blocker/jknk...
  - dredmorbius 8y ago
    I was under the impression chanel blocking had been recently added, possibly not. I've certainly advocated for it. Absent that, the downside risk for offensive or abysmal content is minimal. Blocking puts skin in the game.
    - vatueil 8y ago
      Parents can block channels in YouTube Kids, but I don't know of a way to block channels in normal YouTube. The closest I've seen is telling YouTube you're not interested in recommendations for a certain channel, but I assume that only prevents videos from that channel showing up on your home page. Though I usually just use the Video Blocker extension, so perhaps there's something I'm missed.
      - dredmorbius 8y ago
        Huh. I thought I'd run across a mention of channel-blocking and posted it, I guess not. Here's my 2015 ask ... in ... emphatic language. https://plus.google.com/104092656004159577193/posts/JF68A2TxUNu https://plus.google.com/104092656004159577193/posts/JF68A2Tx...
- Reedx 8y ago
  Then why not subscribe if you want to use their service? No ads.
majewsky 8y ago
> Red [ :/ ] This subscription is not available in your country.
lovehashbrowns 8y ago
YouTube is pretty accurate in how it does recommended content. Sometimes I do watch shitty content, but unlike Amazon, I'm not gonna be stuck with that decision for the next few months. And their revenue model is apparently really good, with YouTube red being more lucrative for a channel than ads. It's the kind of system I wish were available in other places more often.