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Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Legit question, do you guys get really bad Shorts recommendations? Mine aren't half bad (really more of the same as with regular videos) plus creators don't insert ad spots. I get it, TikTok-style scrolling is annoying, but the format has its merits. At least less yapping and more to the point.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Legit question, do you guys get really bad Shorts recommendations? Mine aren't half bad (really more of the same as with regular videos) plus creators don't insert ad spots. I get it, TikTok-style scrolling is annoying, but the format has its merits. At least less yapping and more to the point.

It's 99% the interface, cluttered with useless garbage over the video, that I hate.

I hate it so much that I couldn't even see the content hiding behind it, and don't really know what the recommendation is like.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Legit question, do you guys get really bad Shorts recommendations? Mine aren't half bad (really more of the same as with regular videos) plus creators don't insert ad spots. I get it, TikTok-style scrolling is annoying, but the format has its merits. At least less yapping and more to the point.

Mine are usually pretty bad. If I ever do see one that I like I catch myself flicking through way too many of them afterwards and I hate that. So I prefer to hide them entirely.

I use YouTube Tweaks which has a lot of different customisation options. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/youtube-tweak...

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Just pause watch history and it will disable shorts recommendation. The only shorts you will see will be from your subscribed channels.

I've always had watch history off, but my searches now return a couple of pages of short form nonsense, before my actual results.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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post #8

Just pause watch history and it will disable shorts recommendation. The only shorts you will see will be from your subscribed channels.

I've always had watch history off, but my searches now return a couple of pages of short form nonsense, before my actual results.

YouTube search is just broken. Has been for a long long long time. You get 3-4 relevant results and then it just shows you random unrelated crap.
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