6 ms·

This is just adding the hidden filters such as before:[date]: Finds videos uploaded before a specific date. Example: space exploration before:2020-01-01 afte

This is just adding the hidden filters such as before:[date]: Finds videos uploaded before a specific date. Example: space exploration before:2020-01-01 after:[date]: Finds videos uploaded after a specific date. Example: tech news after:2024-01-01 To an UI, right?

throw_m239339 6mo ago
As long I doesn't shove "shorts" or "other people watched" in the result list, it's an improvement. Sometimes the results are so egregious and completely unrelated to the search terms that I feel like youtube wants to piss me off on purpose. I don't want to be searching some quantum physics video and get videos of some barely clothed women in Miami, I fail to see how it is related...
- tremarley 6mo ago
  Enshittification is the reason
awesome_dude 6mo ago
I think that it's a fair title - it takes the "hidden" search terms and brings them to the surface for users. The (default) YouTube search is barely useful They have made a search WITH the advanced features available Everything as advertised (IMO)
bryanhogan 6mo ago
One of the problems with YouTube seach is that they also stop showing you what you searched for after a couple of videos, instead you get the same crap you find on the homepage, which is bewildering.
- bilegeek 6mo ago
  Can't remember where I got them, but there's some uBO rules that really help on that front: youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Related to your search/i)) youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Related to your searches/i)) youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/From related searches/i)) youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer:has-text(/People also watched/) youtube.com###contents > ytd-shelf-renderer:has-text(/For you/) youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Watch again/i)) youtube.com##ytd-horizontal-card-list-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Searches related to/i)) youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Learn while you\'re at home/i)) youtube.com##ytd-horizontal-card-list-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope youtube.com###secondary > .ytd-two-column-search-results-renderer youtube.com###contents > .ytd-secondary-search-container-renderer.style-scope youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer:has-text(/Previously watched/) Also got some other rules from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44332976 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44332976 This all shouldn't be necessary, but alas...
prophesi 6mo ago
One of the first things I do on a new device is install an extension to expose these hidden filters, and to hide recommended videos + redirect the homepage to the subscriptions tab.
- cure_42 6mo ago
  What extension exposes the hidden filters???
  - prophesi 6mo ago
    You could probably vibe-code it if it doesn't exist. You're literally just adding extra parameters to the search request. Hard part is creating the interface for it. Saw more options looking for Firefox extensions than Chrome for this, though that might be expected.
    - lucb1e 6mo ago
      > One of the first things I do on a new device is install an extension to ... < [which one] > vibe-code it if it doesn't exist So it doesn't exist? I don't understand what I'm reading. (Plus the suggestion to create more slopware)
      - prophesi 6mo ago
        > You're literally just adding extra parameters to the search request > Saw more options looking for Firefox extensions than Chrome for this, though that might be expected. Sorry if I wasn't clear enough in my comment that it's a very trivial feature. Would you want a lmgtfy link instead? edit: The irony that this very submission is probably AI generated? There's no link to their source code, and there's a tab titled "AI Generator" for AI generated playlists?
        tredre3 6mo ago
        I think there's been a break in this conversation somewhere. You said: One of the first things I do on a new device is install an extension to expose these hidden filters Someone asked you to name the extension. Then you go on saying it's easy to vibe code and you're not here to hold hands? Okay, so does the extension exist or not?
nevernothing 6mo ago
You're basically right, it's just a UI for the old search filters, at least for the ones that still work today.

throw_m239339 6mo ago

As long I doesn't shove "shorts" or "other people watched" in the result list, it's an improvement. Sometimes the results are so egregious and completely unrelated to the search terms that I feel like youtube wants to piss me off on purpose. I don't want to be searching some quantum physics video and get videos of some barely clothed women in Miami, I fail to see how it is related...

tremarley 6mo ago
Enshittification is the reason

awesome_dude 6mo ago

I think that it's a fair title - it takes the "hidden" search terms and brings them to the surface for users. The (default) YouTube search is barely useful They have made a search WITH the advanced features available Everything as advertised (IMO)

bryanhogan 6mo ago

One of the problems with YouTube seach is that they also stop showing you what you searched for after a couple of videos, instead you get the same crap you find on the homepage, which is bewildering.

bilegeek 6mo ago
Can't remember where I got them, but there's some uBO rules that really help on that front: youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Related to your search/i)) youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Related to your searches/i)) youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/From related searches/i)) youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer:has-text(/People also watched/) youtube.com###contents > ytd-shelf-renderer:has-text(/For you/) youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Watch again/i)) youtube.com##ytd-horizontal-card-list-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Searches related to/i)) youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer.style-scope:has(span:has-text(/Learn while you\'re at home/i)) youtube.com##ytd-horizontal-card-list-renderer.ytd-item-section-renderer.style-scope youtube.com###secondary > .ytd-two-column-search-results-renderer youtube.com###contents > .ytd-secondary-search-container-renderer.style-scope youtube.com##ytd-shelf-renderer:has-text(/Previously watched/) Also got some other rules from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44332976 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44332976 This all shouldn't be necessary, but alas...

prophesi 6mo ago

One of the first things I do on a new device is install an extension to expose these hidden filters, and to hide recommended videos + redirect the homepage to the subscriptions tab.

cure_42 6mo ago
What extension exposes the hidden filters???
- prophesi 6mo ago
  You could probably vibe-code it if it doesn't exist. You're literally just adding extra parameters to the search request. Hard part is creating the interface for it. Saw more options looking for Firefox extensions than Chrome for this, though that might be expected.
  - lucb1e 6mo ago
    > One of the first things I do on a new device is install an extension to ... < [which one] > vibe-code it if it doesn't exist So it doesn't exist? I don't understand what I'm reading. (Plus the suggestion to create more slopware)
    - prophesi 6mo ago
      > You're literally just adding extra parameters to the search request > Saw more options looking for Firefox extensions than Chrome for this, though that might be expected. Sorry if I wasn't clear enough in my comment that it's a very trivial feature. Would you want a lmgtfy link instead? edit: The irony that this very submission is probably AI generated? There's no link to their source code, and there's a tab titled "AI Generator" for AI generated playlists?
      - tredre3 6mo ago
        I think there's been a break in this conversation somewhere. You said: One of the first things I do on a new device is install an extension to expose these hidden filters Someone asked you to name the extension. Then you go on saying it's easy to vibe code and you're not here to hold hands? Okay, so does the extension exist or not?

nevernothing 6mo ago

You're basically right, it's just a UI for the old search filters, at least for the ones that still work today.