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The one that drives me bonkers, to the point where I destroy my YT container and start over is if I watch ONE video, even a few seconds (just the click!) means
by skeeter2020 5y ago
The one that drives me bonkers, to the point where I destroy my YT container and start over is if I watch ONE video, even a few seconds (just the click!) means I get flooded with the same content. Things like "fixing the thermo-resistor in your wall oven" or a specific career YT'er. As a result I am far less willing and ready to click around and explore, which you would think is directly counter to what they want in the first place with their relentless engagement machine.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoI turned off watch and search history because of this. There are a lot of downsides (you lose progress meters and recommendations tend to suggest watched videos a lot), but there are upsides too: namely, that YouTube only considers upvotes, subscriptions, and "Not Interested" when it makes recommendations, so your homepage is only stuff you've explicitly signalled that you're interested in, plus YouTube's usual spam (the off-the-wall suggestions they always have no matter what—for whatever reason I get a lot of cat/dog and meditation music videos).