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Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

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Post by Legion »

thepasswordis wrote: post #19

I honestly just wish the recommendations were better . I watched an interview that Curtis Yarvin gave on Tucker Carlson (about an hour long...interesting at least). Now youtube is sending me all these conservative "talk show" people that I have absolutely 0 interest in. Same thing: I think I watched some video about guns a while ago. I think guns are neat, but I absolutely do not care about watching dozens of videos…

You pretty much have to coach it with a generous amount of "Not Interested", "Don't Recommend Channel", etc. clicks on video recommendations of the sort you don't want.

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

#52

Post by ssttoo »

Or if you use firefox, hide things with CSS in your profile's `userContent.css`

I've been using this for years to hide everything that's not video:

  ytd-app #guide,
  ytd-app #page-manager ytd-browse,
  ytd-app #secondary,
  ytd-app #comments {
    display: none !important;
  }

  #hnmain .subtext {
    visibility: hidden !important;
  }
Source: https://www.phpied.com/defining-user-styles/

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

#54

Post by ssttoo »

ssttoo wrote: post #52

Or if you use firefox, hide things with CSS in your profile's `userContent.css` I've been using this for years to hide everything that's not video: ytd-app #guide, ytd-app #page-manager ytd-browse, ytd-app #secondary, ytd-app #comments { display: none !important; } #hnmain .subtext { visibility: hidden !important; } Source: https://www.phpied.com/defining-user-styles/

Forgot to mention `#hnmain .subtext` is for hiding HN comments.

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

#55

Post by DevKoala »

Is there an app that does this? I put for a YouTube subscription and I don’t want to see the recommendations. I just want to watch the videos on the topics I am searching.

The recommendations are there to distract you and I always regret clicking on them.

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

#56

Post by darkwizard42 »

rsj_hn wrote: post #47
darkwizard42 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For what its worth, this is more because none of those advertisers (except maybe the one whose belt you actually bought) know you actually finished and bought a belt! Everyone who wants people to buy their leather belts advertises to people who have searched or previously looked for "leather belts" and that is you... In a perverse way, it's actually good for you to keep getting belt ads. If you just stopped getting t…

Yes, I know the cause, but I'm pointing out a flaw in their plan. It would be smarter to look for pools of products and be less targetted . E.g. to know that people who buy long lived leather belts may also be interested in long-lived leather wallets, or long-lived shirts, or glass containers instead of plastic, etc, and then rotate all these products in, rather than this targetted barrage of non-stop belt ads for th…

For what its worth, companies probably DO look into this, but people who are bidding on the "leather belt" keyword are outpaying those companies in adjacent products.

At the end of the day, advertising space is auction based and if the belt companies want to bid the highest for that space, they win.

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

#57

Post by movedx »

I've been using this for about 8-9 months now.

I highly, highly recommend it.

I've found YouTube much easier to consume as a result of this. It's not an endless binge anymore driven by an infinity feed.

That being said I use YouTube everyday and I'm an active content creator on the platform my self. I even have Premium.

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

#58

Post by gpayan »

I never feel confortable showing or sharing "my" Youtube main page/recommendations with anyone. It's providing details on my personal interests that I don't necessarily want everyone to know about. This especially true in a work context, when the content of my screen is projected/shared with an audience (boy those endscreen video suggestions can be embarrassing).

Re: Unhook: Hide YouTube Recommendations

#59

Post by toastercat »

kbenson wrote: post #9

Honestly, that's where I get some of the most use out of YouTube, the recommended videos main page. Sometimes I'm annoyed they aren't showing me enough variation based on my subscriptions and past likes. I'm not sure why I'd want this. Sometimes I'm watching a technical presentation/talk by someone and I'll get other talks of theirs on the recommended videos for that video page, which is useful, or followup videos on…

> What reasons for people that find this useful have to not wanting recommendations, either as a space to go to specifically to find something to watch or the section on the video page?

Recommendations that "the algorithm" provide to me are rarely good, but they are always distracting, and often click-baity. Instead, I come to YouTube to watch the channels I know I enjoy. The shortcut on my New Tab page directs me straight to my Subscriptions page, and that's where I stay.

Do I ever discover new channels? Sure! When a friend shares a video with me, or I stumble across a link on HN. :)

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