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What I really dislike now about YouTube's algorithm is its insistence on showing short videos. I do not come to YouTube to watch 30 second videos. If I want to

What I really dislike now about YouTube's algorithm is its insistence on showing short videos. I do not come to YouTube to watch 30 second videos. If I want to watch short videos I'd go to Instagram or Tiktok. Yet, no. I am bombarded with short videos. I removed the videos from showing up on the home page with some CSS, so now I solely rely on related videos for non-subscription content. Those seem to be delivered based on engagement so they're usually longer. Unfortunately, half the time they're hour long videos. Come on YouTube, just give me a 5-10 minute video.

tablespoon 5y ago
> What I really dislike now about YouTube's algorithm is its insistence on showing short videos. I do not come to YouTube to watch 30 second videos. If I want to watch short videos I'd go to Instagram or Tiktok. Yet, no. I am bombarded with short videos. Was it always like that, or is it them trying to ape Tiktok? I use Youtube a lot, but never from their home page. One of the most annoying things is how, whenever there's some hot new thing, the old things I like seem to race to destroy themselves to imitate it.
- throwawayboise 5y ago
  I use YouTube mostly from the Android app, and they are constantly pushing their "shorts" and COVID-19 propaganda. I'm even a Premium subscriber and have found no way to disable this.
jazzyjackson 5y ago
I was listening to the latest Reply All podcast about TikTok and they theorized that one big advantage the TikTok algorithm has for getting to know you is it gets to see like 50 - 60 reactions per hour of app usage, of whether the algo was hot or cold with each minute long video. YouTube is probably jealous because most of their data is just people putting on music playlists and not interacting at all.
Telemakhos 5y ago
When you play advertisements between ads, shorter videos mean more ads per hour.

tablespoon 5y ago

> What I really dislike now about YouTube's algorithm is its insistence on showing short videos. I do not come to YouTube to watch 30 second videos. If I want to watch short videos I'd go to Instagram or Tiktok. Yet, no. I am bombarded with short videos. Was it always like that, or is it them trying to ape Tiktok? I use Youtube a lot, but never from their home page. One of the most annoying things is how, whenever there's some hot new thing, the old things I like seem to race to destroy themselves to imitate it.

throwawayboise 5y ago
I use YouTube mostly from the Android app, and they are constantly pushing their "shorts" and COVID-19 propaganda. I'm even a Premium subscriber and have found no way to disable this.

jazzyjackson 5y ago

I was listening to the latest Reply All podcast about TikTok and they theorized that one big advantage the TikTok algorithm has for getting to know you is it gets to see like 50 - 60 reactions per hour of app usage, of whether the algo was hot or cold with each minute long video. YouTube is probably jealous because most of their data is just people putting on music playlists and not interacting at all.

Telemakhos 5y ago

When you play advertisements between ads, shorter videos mean more ads per hour.