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"wanted to get back my chronological feed, instead of a "algorithmically curated" one" The 'Subscriptions' link at the top left of the Youtube home page only s

by ss64 2y ago

"wanted to get back my chronological feed, instead of a "algorithmically curated" one" The 'Subscriptions' link at the top left of the Youtube home page only shows the things you subscribed to, just bookmark that.

nickthegreek 2y ago
Along with so many shorts. So many. Going from Smarttube back to the official app and it just plain sucks.
- freehorse 2y ago
  I use the "unhook" extension which let's you remove recommendations, set your youtube home page to your subscriptions (chronologically ordered videos), block shorts and more (you can cherrypick the features you want). Highly recommended. I would have paid for youtube premium if I was given these options, honestly.
  - nickthegreek 2y ago
    I have premium and that’s what hurts the most! My issue is mostly on tv connected devices.
    - imp0cat 2y ago
      So why not just keep Smart tube installed on your TV?
nosrepa 2y ago
On android, you can even force the app to open up to that page (long press the icon and you can place a shortcut to subscriptions).
snailmailman 2y ago
They are constantly testing pushing other things into the subscription box. What I want is it to only show me videos. Now, it also shows shorts, and also now “community posts” which are frequently just self-promotion and useless polls that drive engagement. I’ve started unsubscribing from anyone that uses those features too much. I want videos not “check out my twitch channel” and “want more merch? Check out my merch! Also this is a poll so that you will click it” One channel I follow got some new “comments from the community” kind of feature, and suddenly posts from anyone on YouTube were showing up in my sub box because they also subscribed to the same creator. All of the posts were image posts that were blatantly rule breaking spam, or comments like “why is this a feature”. None of them were from anyone I intentionally followed. Literally just random internet comments as a huge section in my sub-box. I instantly unsubscribed. YouTube REALLY wants to shove other content into the “subscription box” because as-is it lets you avoid all the algorithmic clickbait.

by ss64 2y ago

nickthegreek 2y ago

Along with so many shorts. So many. Going from Smarttube back to the official app and it just plain sucks.

freehorse 2y ago
I use the "unhook" extension which let's you remove recommendations, set your youtube home page to your subscriptions (chronologically ordered videos), block shorts and more (you can cherrypick the features you want). Highly recommended. I would have paid for youtube premium if I was given these options, honestly.
- nickthegreek 2y ago
  I have premium and that’s what hurts the most! My issue is mostly on tv connected devices.
  - imp0cat 2y ago
    So why not just keep Smart tube installed on your TV?

nosrepa 2y ago

On android, you can even force the app to open up to that page (long press the icon and you can place a shortcut to subscriptions).

snailmailman 2y ago

They are constantly testing pushing other things into the subscription box. What I want is it to only show me videos. Now, it also shows shorts, and also now “community posts” which are frequently just self-promotion and useless polls that drive engagement. I’ve started unsubscribing from anyone that uses those features too much. I want videos not “check out my twitch channel” and “want more merch? Check out my merch! Also this is a poll so that you will click it” One channel I follow got some new “comments from the community” kind of feature, and suddenly posts from anyone on YouTube were showing up in my sub box because they also subscribed to the same creator. All of the posts were image posts that were blatantly rule breaking spam, or comments like “why is this a feature”. None of them were from anyone I intentionally followed. Literally just random internet comments as a huge section in my sub-box. I instantly unsubscribed. YouTube REALLY wants to shove other content into the “subscription box” because as-is it lets you avoid all the algorithmic clickbait.