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If you're logged in, hover over the video, click the three dot menu, then select "Not Interested". If you are not logged in you can't do this, for obvious algo

If you're logged in, hover over the video, click the three dot menu, then select "Not Interested". If you are not logged in you can't do this, for obvious algo manipulation reasons.

function_seven 5y ago
Yeah, but then Youtube thinks, "He hates that channel!", rather than, "He doesn't want to rewatch old videos." I keep getting old furniture restoration videos in my feed. I've seen them already. How about different channels on the same topic with new videos posted?
- risho 5y ago
  you can tell youtube you've already seen it. you hit "not interested" and then click "tell us why" and then hit "i've already seen it".
  - function_seven 5y ago
    Thanks. I never got to that step because I didn't know there'd be another question.
  - lucb1e 5y ago
    It's quite a few clicks when you could just mentally skip over it, but indeed I wanted it to learn so I went through the trouble. Again and again. Probably more than a hundred times. It doesn't learn. I just pass over them now. The algorithm probably knows better than all of us what keeps us longer on the site anyway and the button is just a dummy.
- gothroach 5y ago
  When you select not interested, it gives the option of saying it's either because you already watched the video or that you don't like the channel. I don't know quite why they keep recommending videos I've watched recently, but at least telling YouTube I've seen a video (...) prevents it from spamming my recommendations.
  - dashoffset 5y ago
    > I don't know quite why they keep recommending videos I've watched recently You probably don't have kids.
    - lucb1e 5y ago
      Because kids watch furniture restoration videos that GP was talking about?
    - aix1 5y ago
      That, and music videos. Though it feels like both scenarios should be pretty easy to handle algorithmically.
pg_bot 5y ago
This doesn't work, it will just show more videos I've already seen.
- sbierwagen 5y ago
  Well yes, it doesn't change the algorithm. It just drops that particular video.
barbazoo 5y ago
You're right but somehow I would think that YT should know which videos I've already watched...
- sbierwagen 5y ago
  There's lots of music on youtube. Some "videos" get rewatched hundreds of times.
  - lucb1e 5y ago
    Those are in a category called music. Even without the category system, if the user never ever goes back to rewatch a video they've seen, it could perhaps realize that the user doesn't want to rewatch videos they've already seen. Or if some videos or channels have a very high re-watch rate and others don't (presumably music channels vs., say, a random furniture restoration channel), it could tune for that. Clearly they're not separating the types, and it's not because they're not capable.
gremloni 5y ago
That doesn’t solve the problem at all. I like and am interested in the videos I’ve watched. I want the algorithm to know I’m interested, I just don’t want it watch something I’ve watched again.

If you're logged in, hover over the video, click the three dot menu, then select "Not Interested". If you are not logged in you can't do this, for obvious algo manipulation reasons.

function_seven 5y ago

Yeah, but then Youtube thinks, "He hates that channel!", rather than, "He doesn't want to rewatch old videos." I keep getting old furniture restoration videos in my feed. I've seen them already. How about different channels on the same topic with new videos posted?

risho 5y ago
you can tell youtube you've already seen it. you hit "not interested" and then click "tell us why" and then hit "i've already seen it".
- function_seven 5y ago
  Thanks. I never got to that step because I didn't know there'd be another question.
- lucb1e 5y ago
  It's quite a few clicks when you could just mentally skip over it, but indeed I wanted it to learn so I went through the trouble. Again and again. Probably more than a hundred times. It doesn't learn. I just pass over them now. The algorithm probably knows better than all of us what keeps us longer on the site anyway and the button is just a dummy.
gothroach 5y ago
When you select not interested, it gives the option of saying it's either because you already watched the video or that you don't like the channel. I don't know quite why they keep recommending videos I've watched recently, but at least telling YouTube I've seen a video (...) prevents it from spamming my recommendations.
- dashoffset 5y ago
  > I don't know quite why they keep recommending videos I've watched recently You probably don't have kids.
  - lucb1e 5y ago
    Because kids watch furniture restoration videos that GP was talking about?
  - aix1 5y ago
    That, and music videos. Though it feels like both scenarios should be pretty easy to handle algorithmically.

pg_bot 5y ago

This doesn't work, it will just show more videos I've already seen.

sbierwagen 5y ago
Well yes, it doesn't change the algorithm. It just drops that particular video.

barbazoo 5y ago

You're right but somehow I would think that YT should know which videos I've already watched...

sbierwagen 5y ago
There's lots of music on youtube. Some "videos" get rewatched hundreds of times.
- lucb1e 5y ago
  Those are in a category called music. Even without the category system, if the user never ever goes back to rewatch a video they've seen, it could perhaps realize that the user doesn't want to rewatch videos they've already seen. Or if some videos or channels have a very high re-watch rate and others don't (presumably music channels vs., say, a random furniture restoration channel), it could tune for that. Clearly they're not separating the types, and it's not because they're not capable.

gremloni 5y ago

That doesn’t solve the problem at all. I like and am interested in the videos I’ve watched. I want the algorithm to know I’m interested, I just don’t want it watch something I’ve watched again.