NAS89@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Similarly, my YouTube shorts are filled with gambling videos and “get rich quick scheme” videos. Seems as though “do not recommend channel” blocks the channel but assumes you have some growing interest in the topic.
I just want to watch woodworking shorts and plumbing videos T_T
10EXP@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Maybe do Not Interested and then Do not recommend channel?
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah, Not Interested hides the video just like Do Not Recommend, so you can’t do both on the same one.
But it doesn’t really matter, because for me Do Not Recommend is actually signaling Youtube with Hell Yeah Gimme More! and anything I say I’m not interested in I see ten times more of. So I just block channels, which does seem to work reliably, except the list of shit channels is never ending.
Blocktube is an awesome extension, but it doesn’t run on the browser I actually sign into Youtube as myself. I run it on another browser where I never sign in, to avoid a one-off or accidental video choice skewing my recommendations for the indefinite future.
The number of gyrations required just to watch what I want to watch, and not see what I don’t want to see on Youtube is never ending.
10EXP@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Has changing your preferences from adssettings.google.com helped?
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Doesn’t seem to have, no. I’ve had all that stuff turned off for ages on my account, and you can also turn it off to a limited extent on a single browser even if you’re not signed in.