Show HN: YouTube Search Fixer – Firefox addon that removes unrelated suggestions

Post by gruez » Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 4:54 PM UTC

aorth wrote: post #21

gruez wrote: post #15

I also find it helpful to adblock the home page and "related videos" suggestions (both sidebar and after the video finishes). It really helps you from getting tempted/distracted by clickbait videos or getting stuck in a rabbit hole.

Exactly! I came here to suggest the Clickbait Remover for Youtube plugin for Firefox. Sometimes I forget it's installed and I'm surprised when I use YouTube on the phone or TV and see tantalizing thumbnails. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clickbait-rem...

Post by doliveira » Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 5:01 PM UTC

dmos62 wrote: post #12

fimdomeio wrote: post #11

I just notice how messed up the search is very recently. One of the things that it does is that it uses search terms from previous searches in the results for a specific search, it's awful for people with diverse weird interests. My example I was searching for "primitive garden irrigation systems" after searching for some "city building games". Half of my results were "water canals in city skylines". It's both useles…

But that's probably also how you get really interesting, yet somewhat-random-somewhat-related suggestions.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 5:07 PM UTC

rapnie wrote: post #4

phoennix wrote: post #2

Hey all, it's very basic problem that I aimed to fix with my first ever extension. I designed it to fix YouTube search. It removes "For you", "Related to your search" and other distractions from your results. It also fine tunes some visual interface elements and aims to synchronize the design language. I realize there will always be bugs despite my best attempt so I would be greatly appreciative of your suggestions a…

As other commenter mentioned there's no source, though under Versions it states "Source code released under MIT/X11 License". Do you have a link?

Post by X6S1x6Okd1st » Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 5:20 PM UTC

fimdomeio wrote: post #11

I just notice how messed up the search is very recently. One of the things that it does is that it uses search terms from previous searches in the results for a specific search, it's awful for people with diverse weird interests. My example I was searching for "primitive garden irrigation systems" after searching for some "city building games". Half of my results were "water canals in city skylines". It's both useles…

Post by hitech_dude » Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 5:52 PM UTC