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This is interesting to me- I'm curious to hear how people use it. I do one of two things: - search duckduckgo, go to the "videos" tab, then I end up on youtube

by jcpst 4y ago

This is interesting to me- I'm curious to hear how people use it. I do one of two things: - search duckduckgo, go to the "videos" tab, then I end up on youtube if that's where the video is. - go to youtube.com, use the search, pick the video. - I don't ever like/subscribe/comment on anything.

godshatter 4y ago
I follow a link from a local page of bookmarks I curate usually into a creators videos tab using firefox in private mode. I don't log in ever. I might click on some recommended videos in the sidebar, but a handful of videos later and the recommendations have jumped the shark and it's time to open a new window. If I happen on a new creator, I add a link to their videos tab on their main page to my list of bookmarks.
augustuspolius 4y ago
I have removed all feeds from the homepage, all recommended feeds, all comments, all video overlays with uBO. History is disabled, watch later hidden. I hardly ever use search directly on YT. The easiest way for me not to get consumed by trash is to proactively hide it. I leaned that I have low self control when it comes to data consumption, so I block everything I identify as dangerous.
- jeanlucdebran 4y ago
  for mostly the same reasons, I tend to use `yt-dlp`; I go on a quick foray to look for what I _really_ (and rationally, not dopamine-driven) want, get them all locally (wrote a script to batch them) and then I watch without any ads and far away from temptations :)
HurdsTimesNear 4y ago
do this instead: site:youtube.com <your_searchterm>
- HurdsTimesNear 4y ago
  or like so: !yt <your_searchterm> !gv <your_searchterm>
  - jcpst 4y ago
    Thanks! I forget that's a thing, even though I have muscle memory to use the bang notation to search !npm
marssaxman 4y ago
Same for me. In addition, I exclusively browse YouTube in a private window, so they will have a harder time trying to compile a profile of my interests.

by jcpst 4y ago

godshatter 4y ago

I follow a link from a local page of bookmarks I curate usually into a creators videos tab using firefox in private mode. I don't log in ever. I might click on some recommended videos in the sidebar, but a handful of videos later and the recommendations have jumped the shark and it's time to open a new window. If I happen on a new creator, I add a link to their videos tab on their main page to my list of bookmarks.

augustuspolius 4y ago

I have removed all feeds from the homepage, all recommended feeds, all comments, all video overlays with uBO. History is disabled, watch later hidden. I hardly ever use search directly on YT. The easiest way for me not to get consumed by trash is to proactively hide it. I leaned that I have low self control when it comes to data consumption, so I block everything I identify as dangerous.

jeanlucdebran 4y ago
for mostly the same reasons, I tend to use `yt-dlp`; I go on a quick foray to look for what I _really_ (and rationally, not dopamine-driven) want, get them all locally (wrote a script to batch them) and then I watch without any ads and far away from temptations :)

HurdsTimesNear 4y ago

do this instead: site:youtube.com <your_searchterm>

HurdsTimesNear 4y ago
or like so: !yt <your_searchterm> !gv <your_searchterm>
- jcpst 4y ago
  Thanks! I forget that's a thing, even though I have muscle memory to use the bang notation to search !npm

marssaxman 4y ago

Same for me. In addition, I exclusively browse YouTube in a private window, so they will have a harder time trying to compile a profile of my interests.