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IMO the only page worth visiting on Youtube is https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions Only the channels you've s

IMO the only page worth visiting on Youtube is https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions Only the channels you've subscribed to, in chronological order. Sadly it does include shorts in that - but at least they're not a dedicated section of the page.

falcolas 4y ago
Absolutely. At this point in time, the "Home" page is hot garbage, which seems to focus on showing me either videos I've already watched or videos that I'll never watch.
- Snacklive 4y ago
  Recently i installed a neat extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/df-youtube/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/df-youtube/ it allows you to hide elements of the UI, including the Home feed, the recommendations, shorts and even the comment section. Very useful if you can't resist the urge to scroll like me
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leshenka 4y ago
yeah but what about content discovery?
- michaelt 4y ago
  The recommendations, main home page, search etc are still there if you want them - and you can get recommendations from friends, family, and people on other social media. Personally I watch perhaps 20 minutes of video per day, and I've got enough subscriptions to give me that much content, so I don't really need content discovery. Or at least, not the type of content discovery Youtube has to offer me!
PaulKeeble 4y ago
I also have a feed of subscriptions via RSS and one thing I have noticed happens quite a lot is that a video might actually get hidden and only appear in the RSS. That same video however will often appear as the top video on the home page, as if you just "missed" it and once you go back to subscriptions its present. Youtube is messing with the subscriptions page too unfortunately but it remains the most useful page its just not as good as it should be due to the hiding of videos.
nipperkinfeet 4y ago
I use this uBlock filter to hide all the shorts garbage. https://letsblock.it/filters/youtube-shorts https://letsblock.it/filters/youtube-shorts
- MaurizioPz 4y ago
  I did the same, but removed the last rule that hides short videos that might not be shorts
apricot13 4y ago
I use some bookmarklets I made up either highlight or remove shorts from the subs page! Also deals with premiers and lives. It's not always right though but it helps! https://gist.github.com/apricot13/0d8f0ea32138e2d36e6f5ff3de00254b https://gist.github.com/apricot13/0d8f0ea32138e2d36e6f5ff3de...

falcolas 4y ago

Absolutely. At this point in time, the "Home" page is hot garbage, which seems to focus on showing me either videos I've already watched or videos that I'll never watch.

Snacklive 4y ago
Recently i installed a neat extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/df-youtube/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/df-youtube/ it allows you to hide elements of the UI, including the Home feed, the recommendations, shorts and even the comment section. Very useful if you can't resist the urge to scroll like me

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leshenka 4y ago

yeah but what about content discovery?

michaelt 4y ago
The recommendations, main home page, search etc are still there if you want them - and you can get recommendations from friends, family, and people on other social media. Personally I watch perhaps 20 minutes of video per day, and I've got enough subscriptions to give me that much content, so I don't really need content discovery. Or at least, not the type of content discovery Youtube has to offer me!

PaulKeeble 4y ago

I also have a feed of subscriptions via RSS and one thing I have noticed happens quite a lot is that a video might actually get hidden and only appear in the RSS. That same video however will often appear as the top video on the home page, as if you just "missed" it and once you go back to subscriptions its present. Youtube is messing with the subscriptions page too unfortunately but it remains the most useful page its just not as good as it should be due to the hiding of videos.

nipperkinfeet 4y ago

I use this uBlock filter to hide all the shorts garbage. https://letsblock.it/filters/youtube-shorts https://letsblock.it/filters/youtube-shorts

MaurizioPz 4y ago
I did the same, but removed the last rule that hides short videos that might not be shorts

apricot13 4y ago

I use some bookmarklets I made up either highlight or remove shorts from the subs page! Also deals with premiers and lives. It's not always right though but it helps! https://gist.github.com/apricot13/0d8f0ea32138e2d36e6f5ff3de00254b https://gist.github.com/apricot13/0d8f0ea32138e2d36e6f5ff3de...