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Watch videos you want to see
Click the dots > Not Interested in videos you don't
Enjoy your tailored feed with only stuff you want to see!
My YouTube algorithm is fantastic. I never see politics because if I want to watch a political video, I open it in a private window
I also find that marking stuff with "not interested" works pretty well. Some far right bullshit pops up occasionally but it's quickly dealt with.
Yeah, with a small amount of effort you can really make your YouTube feed work for you. I have a main account full of engineering, computers, and misc entertainment (sketch comedy channels + Atrioc) and a separate one for my work laptop that's just music. Both feeds are pretty fantastic but the recommendations on latter is especially good - I've found a ton of new artists including some with only a few hundred followers (shout out to folk singer Alexander Guy!)
i forgot about disliking videos and channels! That might fix my problem right away. THank you
It might take some time but if you don't want to start fresh with a new account, mark everything you don't want as Not Interested as they pop up until your feed is clean! It's worth the effort imo
Also, you can tell YT to never recommend a channel. It's permanent (can't undo) but well worth the use.
I think if you sub then unsub it resets that block if you do it by mistake
In addition, if you see a video like this, I prefer to select "don't recommend channel"
Also i find that removing stuff you want to avoid from your watch history helps
Downvoting works pretty well for me
I’ll try that on my AppleTV. Wait…
Can't help ya there. Can you at least dislike a video on the AppleTV app?
Yeah I think I can, but I find that unfair to the content creator who may have otherwise created a good video. What I may end up doing is turning off video history, but sometimes it’s useful to easily pull up a video I’ve seen recently.
Wouldn't that just give you the default slop on the homepage?
I wouldn't feel bad about disliking a video unless it has like 50 views. It's just a blip in the sea of reactions
It would show my subscriptions as well.