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For YouTube, I go the other way and instead of blacklisting channels, I use https://unhook.app https://unhook.app to only see my subscriptions and nothing else.

by romseb 3y ago

For YouTube, I go the other way and instead of blacklisting channels, I use https://unhook.app https://unhook.app to only see my subscriptions and nothing else. No Home feed suggestions, no sidebar, no end screen cards, etc.

OldManRyan 3y ago
Didn't know this extension existed, thank you. I don't actually subscribe to any Youtube channels and mainly search for what I want at the time but this may be a healthier way to use Youtube.
mistermann 3y ago
Any idea if this is smart enough to show all new content from your subscriptions or does it only show the select choices that YouTube makes for you (another infuriating YouTube design choice).
Already__Taken 3y ago
there are some gems the YT homepage can bring you. be sure to delete the dumb meme recap you watched at 3am from the watch history and the algorithm can work for you.
- mosquitobiten 3y ago
  Oh, wow. Didn't know I can do that. Thanks, it was getting really hard to train the algo again with the things I want recommended on a certain account after accidentally searching for something of interest for another account.
  - xdrosenheim 3y ago
    Be sure to also mark videos as "Not interested" on your homepage, if you also did not know about that. You can even tell them not to recommend an entire channel.
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    - mosquitobiten 3y ago
      The not interested button doesn't really work for me, it just blocks that particular video but other videos in that category still show up no matter what.
      - shortcake27 3y ago
        The “Don’t recommend channel” button also doesn’t really work for me. It used to work, but now the channels keep coming back. YouTube has been trying to get me to watch videos from “Dr.” Sten Ekberg. After watching one video a couple years ago I quickly realised he’s full of shit. I’ve clicked the “Don’t suggest channel” button so many times, but after a short while his videos return to my feed.
- lysp 3y ago
  I've done that for a while too. Often if I want to watch a one-off video topic, I'll view it in private mode, so it doesn't get added to history. Then I don't really mess up the algorithm.

by romseb 3y ago

OldManRyan 3y ago

Didn't know this extension existed, thank you. I don't actually subscribe to any Youtube channels and mainly search for what I want at the time but this may be a healthier way to use Youtube.

mistermann 3y ago

Any idea if this is smart enough to show all new content from your subscriptions or does it only show the select choices that YouTube makes for you (another infuriating YouTube design choice).

Already__Taken 3y ago

there are some gems the YT homepage can bring you. be sure to delete the dumb meme recap you watched at 3am from the watch history and the algorithm can work for you.

mosquitobiten 3y ago
Oh, wow. Didn't know I can do that. Thanks, it was getting really hard to train the algo again with the things I want recommended on a certain account after accidentally searching for something of interest for another account.
- xdrosenheim 3y ago
  Be sure to also mark videos as "Not interested" on your homepage, if you also did not know about that. You can even tell them not to recommend an entire channel.
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  - mosquitobiten 3y ago
    The not interested button doesn't really work for me, it just blocks that particular video but other videos in that category still show up no matter what.
    - shortcake27 3y ago
      The “Don’t recommend channel” button also doesn’t really work for me. It used to work, but now the channels keep coming back. YouTube has been trying to get me to watch videos from “Dr.” Sten Ekberg. After watching one video a couple years ago I quickly realised he’s full of shit. I’ve clicked the “Don’t suggest channel” button so many times, but after a short while his videos return to my feed.
lysp 3y ago
I've done that for a while too. Often if I want to watch a one-off video topic, I'll view it in private mode, so it doesn't get added to history. Then I don't really mess up the algorithm.