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Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by squarefoot »

ulam2 wrote: post #273
freehorse wrote: post #65

In addition to the unhook addon that others also recommended and is great, I would also suggest, as an alternative, setting a redirection rule from "www.youtube.com/shorts/XYWZ" to "www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYWZ". This will play the short but in the classical youtube video (landscape) format, with no infinite scrolling, or replay or autoplay (assuming these are in general disabled), which takes away a big part of the…

I personally solved this by using revanced and disabling shorts completely.

Same here with FreeTube. YT has become a toxic experience on any browser and recently it has stopped working on my laptop with Firefox and uBlock Origin, no matter if I surf it as logged in in my main google account or not. The same arrangement works on my main desktop, but i mostly use FreeTube there as well.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by edgartaor »

qwertox wrote: post #292

A Tapermonkey script which redirects a short to the classic YT experience is somewhat more helpful, because sometimes there are interesting snippets in the Shorts. This lets you see the video but breaks you out of doomscrolling.

"Enhancer for YouTube" have that 'convert Shorts' option or hide them entirely.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by c22 »

bityard wrote: post #195
marcosscriven wrote: post #11

I’m sure I’ve clicked “show fewer shorts” every single time it’s shown me shorts. It seems to make zero difference.

I'm 100% convinced that these 'show fewer' options are there for dark-pattern reasons. They are sprinkled throughout Facebook and LinkedIn as well. My hypothesis is that companies put them there to give consumers the idea that they have any control at all over their "feed." But if they actually try to use them, they discover the options don't actually do anything, and resign themselves to whatever the algorithm feeds…

I clicked the "show fewer shorts" button on youtube for a while--they'd come back every 2-3 weeks, but then I'd click it again. Then I tried a different tactic: as soon as I saw a short in my "recommendations" I closed youtube and didn't return for at least 24 hours. I only had to do that about three times and I haven't seen shorts in my recommendations for at least 6 months now.

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Post by slumberlust »

hightrix wrote: post #32
marcosscriven wrote: post #11

I’m sure I’ve clicked “show fewer shorts” every single time it’s shown me shorts. It seems to make zero difference.

I’ve noticed this behavior for all Google properties. Every time I click “not interested” “don’t show me this again” or anything similar, it seems to have no effect as the best case. The worst case I’ve seen is when clicking these options seems to acts as a positive signal to show me more of that content. I’ve noticed this over years. As such, I’ve simply stopped interacting with googles recommendation systems and mo…

Yeah they take any interaction as a give me more button. Its gross.

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Post by amelius »

phony-account wrote: post #106

I’m paying over 40 dollars a month for YouTube but it doesn’t allow me to choose almost anything of what I see, despite trying hard to fine-tune my recommendations. I can’t permanently turn off shorts - and this I find personally insulting. It really feels like encountering a drug dealer outside my house every time I come home, always expecting me to cave and try some of that good smack. But apart from ignoring me wh…

Yes, enshittification.

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Post by [deleted] »

calmbonsai wrote: post #151
NoahZuniga wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is not true. You can in fact block specific channels. From YouTube support[1]: > On certain pages, such as your Home and Watch Next pages, find a video from a channel that you don’t want recommended to you. > Click More next to the video title. > Select Don't recommend channel . [1]: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6342839?hl=en

This is also not true and hasn't been so for years. One can set a preference to "not recommend", but one can not explicitly block any channel. Depending on your particular "preference constellation's weights" (over which you have no direct control), you can, in fact, be shown videos from that channel again.

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Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by FranklinJabar »

phony-account wrote: post #106

I’m paying over 40 dollars a month for YouTube but it doesn’t allow me to choose almost anything of what I see, despite trying hard to fine-tune my recommendations. I can’t permanently turn off shorts - and this I find personally insulting. It really feels like encountering a drug dealer outside my house every time I come home, always expecting me to cave and try some of that good smack. But apart from ignoring me wh…

Why are you still watching youtube, then? What's drawing you in?
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