I got way better due to them tho 😅
I remember when I Ran by Flock of Seagulls was randomly playing in my head so I decided to listen to it. YouTube took that as me finding a new favourite band. I mostly listen to industrial metal.
Why isn’t it recommending Northernlion :(
Just turn watch history off and find your own way. My YT homepage is blank. Fuck suggestion algorithms.
Does no one use the Subscription page anymore? Are people even aware of its existence at this point?
I don’t subscribe to anything, but I’d prob use it if I did. I only go to YT for one-off videos and just search for what I need.
I used to utilize the subscription page. Then Google replaced YouTube accounts with Google accounts. I haven’t logged in since.
Yes, I’m old.
Do you want to link your account with Google+?
Ok, we’ll ask you again later.
Bump. This is what I do too. So much easier to just avoid it entirely.
Yep subscribing is the way to go.
The algorithm is dumb. It will even recommend the same video you watched before if you let it…
It will even recommend the same video you watched before
That is why I started liking (or dis-liking) every single video I watch, if it has the thumbs up/down I certainly know I already watched it and move on…
With that said I don’t know if I am tweaking or making my algorithm dumber lmao.
Ive found using clients to watch helps. They are generally much more intelligent on the history side.
I totally feel you but for a different reason. I played Balatro for a few days and literally the only thing Steam recommended to me for over a month was just card based rogue-like games.
Also I recommend the one by RTGame. Probably my favorite streamer. He’s Irish so I never catch the streams but the YouTube videos are great.
Did you know they called him the Balatro King in the college?
What is balatro?
Look it up on YouTube!
Lmao
ROFL
roflcopter
A well-liked card game on the computer.
the best way to describe it is a poker roguelike. its weird but addicting, i like it a lot.
Drugs given video game form.
The downfall of my productivity at work
the trick is to ignore your homepage and only browse your subscriptions page
you can use an extension to automatically redirect to your subscriptions page
Lol y is your watch history still on
Don’t act like disabling Watch History stop Google from recording your watch history for internal purposes.
Watch history is useful if you actively curate your algorithm feed. If you don’t engage with the tools the algorithm interacts with you can quickly end up with a free-for-all on your main page.
Oh it staight up disables the home page. Search > algo.
I use a 3rd party app Freetube. Don’t need a google account and you can set multiple subscription profiles for different types of content. I only find new channels from suggestions for each video but stick to subscription as home page. But as with any 3rd party front end, YouTube is in constant battle with them, especially with vpn which can break things once in a while but it is a price you have to pay for a bit of privacy.
Not just privacy, also usability. I can’t watch 5 minutes on YouTube without ads and the algorithm is aparantly more important than your own preferences, according to Google.
You watch one video about old people reacting to rage against the machine and suddenly all the recommended videos are by “reactors” that make $50k a month doing nothing but watching movies with their mouth open
an acquaintance of mine did a reaction vid where they reacted as one normally would - ie very minimal almost nothing - to a star wars announcement and got death threats lol
Hey, that is a useful job! Do you always have opinions on things? Are you sure, you always have the right opinions? Come on, let’s make sure and watch a person with a funny face watch other things and move said face in a way, we can immitate!
Ha! I made this mistake when looking for a morning joe video to use to make fun of my hardcore right wing friend. Now all I see is those shit heads on my algo.
I also hate that yt has enshittified to where it no longer has new or interesting stuff to reccomend. All my subs are from years ago as of late it doesn’t reccomend me anything but the biggest channels.
Been dealing with this BS for over 1.5 yrs now. Nothing fixes it. Skill issue on the YT dev team.
At least those are videos of a real videogame.
I find it incredibly insulting how my algorithm is always giving me ads and thinly veiled ads for predatory casinos wearing the mutilated echos of popcap games (pre EA). It equally insults my intelligence and the artistry that actually earns the prestige of successful, critically acclaimed games, and it is a disgusting, pathetic way to earn a living.
Free autism diagnosis by the algorithm
Unironically the YT algorithm that pushed me into videos that eventually made me get diagnosed by a professional.
