I just want to stop seeing an ad that drives my spouse absolutely insane. Nope. No option to not see it anymore.
Youtube Red probably.
Youtube Premium * .
(Is there no way to end a line with an escaped asterisk?)
YouTube Lets Users Override Recommendations After Criticism
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#42It's crazy to think that clicking on the "not interested in videos from this channel" button previously did not remove videos from that channel in recommendations. I used to press it up to 5 times on the same video and it still did nothing.
Was there a "not interested in this channel"? I though there was only a button for videos.
If you clicked through the 'Tell us Why' button after hitting not interested there was an option to supposedly not see any more videos from a channel.
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#43It's crazy to think that clicking on the "not interested in videos from this channel" button previously did not remove videos from that channel in recommendations. I used to press it up to 5 times on the same video and it still did nothing.
I click on "not interested" when it shows videos i've watched the day before, but then assuming i don't want to see videos of a similar type would be a mistake, yet that's how broken the system is. Any attempt to "train" the algo is wasted effort based on past experience. You could say we users have been "trained" by the algo not to even bother anymore.
My approach is to vote on videos I've watched, and just skip it if I've already seen it. It works for me. I'm concerned that I'd see less relevant content if I start saying I'm not interested in previously watching interesting videos.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's not even the worst of it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsagate
Daily reminder that the internet doesn't absolve you of actually parenting your kids, and keeping and eye on what they browse on the internet. This isn't unique to Youtube, there are all sorts of bad places kids can end up if left alone on the web.
The point of emphasis in this particular situation, though, is that the recommendations are actively encouraging bad content that the kid wasn't originally looking for.
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#45On Firefox I just use 'Remove Youtube's Suggestions' addon:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remove-youtub...
I'm perfectly capable of finding wanted content on my own, thanks, Youtube! :)
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#46There is no way that "3 hours of planes taking off" or "3 hours of rain" are getting 10's of millions of views without getting recommended widely, including myself. 18 hours of "ambient sounds" has 130 million views so that's some heavy promotion, not just some occasional insomniac using search.
Those sort of videos in particular have a very large replay value, as many insomniacs may play that video every night.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Daily reminder that the internet doesn't absolve you of actually parenting your kids, and keeping and eye on what they browse on the internet. This isn't unique to Youtube, there are all sorts of bad places kids can end up if left alone on the web.
The point of emphasis in this particular situation, though, is that the recommendations are actively encouraging bad content that the kid wasn't originally looking for.
It can also actively encourage good content that someone wasn't originally looking for. This is one of the things I most love about the internet. XKCD did a good job highlighting this in "The Problem with Wikipedia"
The problem we have is determining what is good content and what is bad content and who is the arbiter of what is good or bad. Something you think is bad, might be something someone else thinks is good. These determinations are highly subjective.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Youtube Red probably.
Youtube Premium * . (Is there no way to end a line with an escaped asterisk?)
This reminds me the days of free hosting w/ banner ads, then you'd get a whole month of surgical banners. I'm sure YT has good metrics on what level of discomfort will prompt certain folk to go paid.
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#49Re: YouTube Lets Users Override Recommendations After Criticism
#50We still get recommended extremist videos on YouTube with no way to opt out, unless we create a Google account. Casual visitors will continue to be exposed to that type of content.