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Dislikes have little effect on whether a channel is recommended, only individual videos and the related videos to that specific one. Also to dislike a video you

Dislikes have little effect on whether a channel is recommended, only individual videos and the related videos to that specific one. Also to dislike a video you need to click it in the first place, which tells YouTube you potentially like content of this sort but the individual videos aren't up to your expectations so it's going to keep trying. As another poster said there is a way to get YouTube to stop recommending the channel to you. Use that instead. Sidenote: i think it's hilarious that it's consistently the car lovers that think NJB is trash. Loving cars immediately must mean that his high quality, well researched content is "trash". Not something you personally dislike, not something you disagree with, no no, the worst trash in the world. I guess disliking that channel is a useful shibboleth to spot the guy driving an SUV.

josephcsible 5y ago
> Loving cars immediately must mean that his high quality, well researched content is "trash". Why is it surprising that people who love cars don't like a channel that basically says you're a bad person if you don't think cars should be abolished?
- curtisf 5y ago
  NotJustBikes doesn't think cars should be abolished. In fact, they shared a video just three weeks ago about how non-car-centered cities are _better_ to drive in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8RRE2rDw4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8RRE2rDw4k Car-centric designs for cities makes living in cities worse, _even for people who like cars_. The thesis of Strong Towns isn't that we should ban cars, it's that we should stop _subsidizing_ something that we know is bad for us (in economic terms, health terms, quality-of-life terms, and in ecological terms)
  - mcv 5y ago
    It's worth noting that although Dutch infrastructure puts a lot of effort into different modes of transport, especially bikes, it's also excellent for cars. Dutch car drivers often complain about poor road quality in neighbouring countries like Germany and Belgium. There's also a lot of innovation here on smoothing traffic flow, removing traffic lights where possible, and many other things that I'm sure car drivers love. And if you care about well-maintained roads, it helps if your roads are actually maintainable, and for that, it helps if they're efficient and well-designed. I've read a lot about the poor state of infrastructure in the US, and agree with calls to invest more in infrastructure, but it's been Strong Towns, NJB and similar channels that made me realise why US infrastructure is struggling: it's inefficiently designed, making it way too expensive to maintain. The entire past 70 years of US suburban development is apparently build on massive amounts of debt, which has sent several cities into bankruptcy. If you don't want your cities to go bankrupt, you need more efficient infrastructure. And stroads are clearly not that.
- cycomanic 5y ago
  But nobody said that cars should be abolished. The arguments are that cities can (and should) be build for more than just cars. If you're saying content that advocates for more bike/walk centric cities feels like it's calling for the abolishing of cars to someone who likes cars, imagine what this sounds like to someone who likes bikes/walking you are essentially saying I'm not willing to give an inch to you because it's only my way. That's pretty much how you create polarisation.
- moooo99 5y ago
  Have you ever watched anything more than one NJB video? He repeatedly bashes city centric planning and is a huge advocate for alternatives modes of transport. But to my knowledge he never even implied such a thing. In fact he even shared some videos around driving in the Netherlands and how he still used cars in some circumstances

josephcsible 5y ago

> Loving cars immediately must mean that his high quality, well researched content is "trash". Why is it surprising that people who love cars don't like a channel that basically says you're a bad person if you don't think cars should be abolished?

curtisf 5y ago
NotJustBikes doesn't think cars should be abolished. In fact, they shared a video just three weeks ago about how non-car-centered cities are _better_ to drive in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8RRE2rDw4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8RRE2rDw4k Car-centric designs for cities makes living in cities worse, _even for people who like cars_. The thesis of Strong Towns isn't that we should ban cars, it's that we should stop _subsidizing_ something that we know is bad for us (in economic terms, health terms, quality-of-life terms, and in ecological terms)
- mcv 5y ago
  It's worth noting that although Dutch infrastructure puts a lot of effort into different modes of transport, especially bikes, it's also excellent for cars. Dutch car drivers often complain about poor road quality in neighbouring countries like Germany and Belgium. There's also a lot of innovation here on smoothing traffic flow, removing traffic lights where possible, and many other things that I'm sure car drivers love. And if you care about well-maintained roads, it helps if your roads are actually maintainable, and for that, it helps if they're efficient and well-designed. I've read a lot about the poor state of infrastructure in the US, and agree with calls to invest more in infrastructure, but it's been Strong Towns, NJB and similar channels that made me realise why US infrastructure is struggling: it's inefficiently designed, making it way too expensive to maintain. The entire past 70 years of US suburban development is apparently build on massive amounts of debt, which has sent several cities into bankruptcy. If you don't want your cities to go bankrupt, you need more efficient infrastructure. And stroads are clearly not that.
cycomanic 5y ago
But nobody said that cars should be abolished. The arguments are that cities can (and should) be build for more than just cars. If you're saying content that advocates for more bike/walk centric cities feels like it's calling for the abolishing of cars to someone who likes cars, imagine what this sounds like to someone who likes bikes/walking you are essentially saying I'm not willing to give an inch to you because it's only my way. That's pretty much how you create polarisation.
moooo99 5y ago
Have you ever watched anything more than one NJB video? He repeatedly bashes city centric planning and is a huge advocate for alternatives modes of transport. But to my knowledge he never even implied such a thing. In fact he even shared some videos around driving in the Netherlands and how he still used cars in some circumstances