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I once watched a video on YouTube about execution and for weeks after that it peppered me with videos about execution. It's not a favorite topic of mine so I w

• chasil 4y ago
  It is likely best to watch such questionable videos on an incognito tab of a browser with an empty cache. Browsing on your logged-in google account is what caused this persistence.
  • Tagbert 4y ago
    Which works until it decides that the video is age restricted and requires you to login to view it.
• Syntonicles 4y ago
  When this happens to me I just delete it from my watch history and my suggestions are immediately amended.
• GuB-42 4y ago
  On the YouTube video suggestion page, clicking on the 3 dot (⋮) menu next to the title of a video (only visible by hovering), there is a "not interested" option. I don't know how effective it is, but it is there.
• dieselgate 4y ago
  One must assume YT has a blacklist of search terms/topics that won't persist in recommendations(?) - at my place of work these types of blacklists are only possible to add to "when people ask" (unfortunately) or if they're basic/obvious (NSFW terms or "words you can't say on the radio"). The phrase "roadkill" specifically came up today in a somewhat similar context.