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> YouTube recommendations have always been pretty awful, incentivizing people to avoid exploring videos on controversial topics once they learn that if they do
by throw0101a 3y ago
> YouTube recommendations have always been pretty awful, incentivizing people to avoid exploring videos on controversial topics once they learn that if they do so, they’ll be inundated with garbage on that topic.
Right-click on the video in question and copy the URL, open a new private mode window, and then paste the link in. Your default viewing preferences won't be contaminated.
A bit hoop-jump-y, but it works well for me.
- zamadatix 3y agoIf you forget to do this going to "History" in the left pane and removing them from your watched list (seems to) have the same effect as not viewing it via your account in the first place. E.g. I'm not much of a car guy but once in a while a recommendation for a particularly unique car video will come across so I watch it and suddenly my recommendations are chock full of car videos like YouTube just discovered a new hobby I'd love to spend 100s of hours watching videos on - until I clear the video from my history and it's completely back to what it was before.