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My main use of incognito mode is to prevent my YouTube recommendations from being filled with music videos or fringe news bullshit
by tomatotomato37 8y ago
My main use of incognito mode is to prevent my YouTube recommendations from being filled with music videos or fringe news bullshit
- meruru 8y agoIf you forget to enter incognito mode, you can just clear cookies for the day as well.
- colordrops 8y agorecommendations are not driven by cookies.
- meruru 8y agoWhat are they driven by then? My youtube recommendations reset completely every time I clear my cookies.
- raquo 8y agoYour user account, if you're logged in to google
- reanimated 8y agoOnly if you use Youtube without logging in. Otherwise, your watch history is stored in your account so the cleaning of the cookies does nothing.
- mirrorlake 8y agoI’m saddened by this aspect of YouTube whereby you’re afraid to explore the site without tanking your recommendations. I wish there was a site that focused on finding YouTube videos in a more focused way rather than some rogue ML algorithm that decides to spam you with weird topics. I don’t feel like I have any control over my YouTube account anymore.
- kkarakk 8y agoSadly this feeling is only going to get more common