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The problem is actually how good those recommendations are. They're designed to keep your eyes glued to the site as long as possible. It's a personal choice, bu

The problem is actually how good those recommendations are. They're designed to keep your eyes glued to the site as long as possible. It's a personal choice, but removing recommendations is one of the best things for your mental health if you're going to use YT or any social media. That said, I also find them useful. But some people believe that it's better to seek out information for yourself even if being spoonfed is easier.

kbenson 5y ago
> But some people believe that it's better to seek out information for yourself even if being spoonfed is easier. I mean, when I'm looking for something specific on YouTube from my desk, I agree. When I'm in bed watching it on my TV, not so much.
NortySpock 5y ago
If I feel a need to watch a video, especially "watch it before you lose where you found it!" panicky feeling, I push the "Watch Later" button, and just treat that Watch Later queue as an infinitely long list of "meh, eventually I might watch it" videos. If Youtube ever gets rid of that Watch Later button I guess I'll have to push stuff I'm interested in into a list of bookmarks or a log file or something.
- meribold 5y ago
  I do the same, but it irks me that when a video is removed or set to private, YouTube also removes the Watch Later list entry or leaves the entry but no longer shows the title or any other metadata.
  - Akronymus 5y ago
    Thats part of what I used https://www.recovermy.video/ https://www.recovermy.video/ for. But sadly: https://www.recovermy.video/shutdown https://www.recovermy.video/shutdown
eth0up 5y ago
>The problem is actually how good those recommendations are. I keep reading this or equivalent opinions and am consequently annoyed and confused. On at least 50% occasions, the recommendations are either designed for the most capricious of olympic ADHD champions, or appear ingeniously tailored with zealous desire to insult my intelligence. And frequently when I'm scrolling through, eg layman-level physics lectures, I'll get Don't Talk to the Police, or Lizards of the deep state, or some circumstantially irrelevant garbage. This happens after removing cache, changing advertising ID, and other regular practices. However, it truly seems subject dependent; when researching fermentation, the suggested content tends to remain on subject, minus the inevitable guy ferments whale and tiger vs crocodile vs anaconda, uhh.. sauerkraut! 50TrillionViews stragglers. Somewhere along the way, I watched or clicked on something that must have biometrically branded me as a vagarious, insatiable idiot that despite searching very specifically for Cross Pollinating Chili Plants, really wanted to watch CGI snakes fight polar bears. They won't forgive me. Definitely designed to keep one's eyes glued, but my reaction considers gluing them shut and hating myself for expressing fascination in so many things that I want nothing to do with. Edit: I want to add a broiling chafe of mine. On rare occasion, I will view a video of an unfortunate event, something specific, bothersome. Every time, I see the Up Next video lubriciously lurking below, smart enough to detect tragedy, but sloppy enough to assume I'm watching what I'm watching for entertainment purpose and intend to merrily traipse on to the next disaster, or whatever. If I couldn't disable autoplay, I'd smash my device.

kbenson 5y ago

> But some people believe that it's better to seek out information for yourself even if being spoonfed is easier. I mean, when I'm looking for something specific on YouTube from my desk, I agree. When I'm in bed watching it on my TV, not so much.

NortySpock 5y ago

If I feel a need to watch a video, especially "watch it before you lose where you found it!" panicky feeling, I push the "Watch Later" button, and just treat that Watch Later queue as an infinitely long list of "meh, eventually I might watch it" videos. If Youtube ever gets rid of that Watch Later button I guess I'll have to push stuff I'm interested in into a list of bookmarks or a log file or something.

meribold 5y ago
I do the same, but it irks me that when a video is removed or set to private, YouTube also removes the Watch Later list entry or leaves the entry but no longer shows the title or any other metadata.
- Akronymus 5y ago
  Thats part of what I used https://www.recovermy.video/ https://www.recovermy.video/ for. But sadly: https://www.recovermy.video/shutdown https://www.recovermy.video/shutdown

eth0up 5y ago

>The problem is actually how good those recommendations are. I keep reading this or equivalent opinions and am consequently annoyed and confused. On at least 50% occasions, the recommendations are either designed for the most capricious of olympic ADHD champions, or appear ingeniously tailored with zealous desire to insult my intelligence. And frequently when I'm scrolling through, eg layman-level physics lectures, I'll get Don't Talk to the Police, or Lizards of the deep state, or some circumstantially irrelevant garbage. This happens after removing cache, changing advertising ID, and other regular practices. However, it truly seems subject dependent; when researching fermentation, the suggested content tends to remain on subject, minus the inevitable guy ferments whale and tiger vs crocodile vs anaconda, uhh.. sauerkraut! 50TrillionViews stragglers. Somewhere along the way, I watched or clicked on something that must have biometrically branded me as a vagarious, insatiable idiot that despite searching very specifically for Cross Pollinating Chili Plants, really wanted to watch CGI snakes fight polar bears. They won't forgive me. Definitely designed to keep one's eyes glued, but my reaction considers gluing them shut and hating myself for expressing fascination in so many things that I want nothing to do with. Edit: I want to add a broiling chafe of mine. On rare occasion, I will view a video of an unfortunate event, something specific, bothersome. Every time, I see the Up Next video lubriciously lurking below, smart enough to detect tragedy, but sloppy enough to assume I'm watching what I'm watching for entertainment purpose and intend to merrily traipse on to the next disaster, or whatever. If I couldn't disable autoplay, I'd smash my device.