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Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

#42

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Why would someone who is concerned about their watch history have watch history enabled at all?

Others are suggesting practical reasons for having watch history enabled, but I would think that the vast majority have it enabled simply because that is the default.

In the same way that most people have a nose because they're born with it. It also happens to be useful.

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

#43
post #36

STOP HIDING THE VIDEO CONTROLS

I actually like that feature. It forces you to see the video as the author intended, kind of like watching live TV.

How do I put this politely... Fuck what the author intended[0]; use youtube-dl[1].

0: That was the polite version.

1: http://youtube-dl.org/

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

#44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would someone who is concerned about their watch history have watch history enabled at all?

Some like me actually appreciate the youtube recomendations based on the previously watched content, but need to be extra careful when watching some kind of content that is likely to be weighted a lot by "power users". Example, I do not follow videogames, but I do enjoy watching speedruns of old games ocassionally, so I need to watch it on incognito mode so I won't have my recommendations flooded with videogame video…

Essentially with all that data, YouTube still hold a bad recommendation engine.

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

#45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Others are suggesting practical reasons for having watch history enabled, but I would think that the vast majority have it enabled simply because that is the default.

In the same way that most people have a nose because they're born with it. It also happens to be useful.

reaching af

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

#46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would someone who is concerned about their watch history have watch history enabled at all?

Some like me actually appreciate the youtube recomendations based on the previously watched content, but need to be extra careful when watching some kind of content that is likely to be weighted a lot by "power users". Example, I do not follow videogames, but I do enjoy watching speedruns of old games ocassionally, so I need to watch it on incognito mode so I won't have my recommendations flooded with videogame video…

Firefox containers are also a great way to manage the yt recommend list. (Just choose a different container and open the link in that)

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

#47
post #4

Quoting astrocat from the previous thread: PSA: Watch in an private/incognito tab/window. If you are currently logged into your google account, this WILL pollute your watched history: https://www.youtube.com/feed/history

Turns out, even before you click on "OK" to start watching, it's doing it in the background - my watch history is now full of hours of this junk :(

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

#49
Amazing concept. This was an incredible thing to uncover during my few minutes on the site:

https://youtu.be/1rvPbeHjzlk

It's a video of a woman reciting a poem that she wrote for her eldest son that speaks of her love for her son and her wish that he would get "off the streets". Emotional, honest, real. YouTube like I've never experienced. Brilliant.

Re: YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views

#50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would someone who is concerned about their watch history have watch history enabled at all?

Some like me actually appreciate the youtube recomendations based on the previously watched content, but need to be extra careful when watching some kind of content that is likely to be weighted a lot by "power users". Example, I do not follow videogames, but I do enjoy watching speedruns of old games ocassionally, so I need to watch it on incognito mode so I won't have my recommendations flooded with videogame video…

Ever seen Summoning Salt’s documentary videos? https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCtUbO6rBht0daVIOGML3c8w
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