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Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by cardiffspaceman »

TyrunDemeg101 wrote: post #312

A nuclear option that's worked extremely well for me is going into Youtube's settings and disabling history. I no longer am even able to see shorts, they don't get suggested to me. However, this is an extreme nuclear option and also disables the entire 'Home' and for-you type content. You can search and watch videos, but it flips it so it is 100% intention driven. Which means discoverability and browsing is non-exist…

I have been happy with the serendipity of YouTube’s algorithm generally. I followed an external link to a YouTube video about an exotic piano, and played a few related videos afterwards. These were videos about other unusual musical instruments, such as very high-pitched and very low-pitched wind instruments. And somehow that was part of a process leading to Japanese metal bands.

Dopamine-driven behavior in ourselves is certainly to be watched for.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by happymellon »

marginalia_nu wrote: post #284
happymellon wrote: post #271

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cookies can contain "no".

Cookies don't last forever, certainly not across different browsers. It's why you keep having to accept GDPR policies over and over.

The reason why you have to decline tracking is because they want to wear you down.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by gardnr »

cardiffspaceman wrote: post #341
TyrunDemeg101 wrote: post #312

A nuclear option that's worked extremely well for me is going into Youtube's settings and disabling history. I no longer am even able to see shorts, they don't get suggested to me. However, this is an extreme nuclear option and also disables the entire 'Home' and for-you type content. You can search and watch videos, but it flips it so it is 100% intention driven. Which means discoverability and browsing is non-exist…

I have been happy with the serendipity of YouTube’s algorithm generally. I followed an external link to a YouTube video about an exotic piano, and played a few related videos afterwards. These were videos about other unusual musical instruments, such as very high-pitched and very low-pitched wind instruments. And somehow that was part of a process leading to Japanese metal bands. Dopamine-driven behavior in ourselves…

That's weird. They keep showing me rage-bait videos with like 100 views. I'd much prefer pianos and Japanese metal bands.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by Bluestrike2 »

rconti wrote: post #135
api wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Short form video is addictive, so they want to push it. It maximizes time on site.

It's amazing that the algorithms are so universal rather than personalized. You'd think they'd want to notice that I _absolutely never_ watch shorts, and stop showing them to me, instead recommending something else. I understand why FB/IG do it; I _occasionally_ give in and get sucked into a couple. But that NEVER happens to me with YT.

Shorts are treated as a privileged feature; they aren't going to simply hide them just because a few of us have the unmitigated gall not to watch them. That's not to their benefit. Youtube and the other platforms want to manipulate users into getting on that particular hamster wheel, and the app's UX reflects that. In that, it's not dissimilar to how streaming services routinely prioritize engagement maximization over user experience. If it takes you a few more clicks to find your continue watching list, that's your problem.

I'd be surprised if the algorithms have much say on when and where shorts show up in your feed versus just inserting them into specific spots in your feed that were determined by a whole lot of user testing to see what's most effective. There might be some logic to tweak it, but overall placement is probably fairly uniform across users.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by bigprof »

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…

Instead of directly clicking the short to play it, open the menu at the bottom right and click add to playlist. This will play out in the classic player without having to configure ublock rules. And if the rest of the playlist is playing at more than 1x, this will also apply to the short.

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by Tade0 »

temp1514351 wrote: post #336
Tade0 wrote: post #56

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Then I shall not look at it at all. Some months ago Facebook gave me the "ads vs payment" ultimatum. I closed the tab and didn't log into Facebook since.

What's the "ads vs payment" ultimatum, they block ad-blockers? Occasionally someone sends me a link there, and it never bothers me for having uBO.

Basically this:

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67226394

It's a region-locked subscription available in the EU and a few other countries. Before that they were intensifying efforts to derail adblockers, which already made the site painful to use (and, ironically, easier drop entirely). Personally I had issues loading the feed and posting comments, but until it occurred to me to disable uBlock for a moment, I was chalking it up to "move fast and break things" (emphasis on the latter).

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by h4kunamata »

After dealing with lists like this for far too long, Google will find ways to block it. The best solution up to date is Brave Browser.

They do provide their own "lists", you do not have access to it :) That is the beauty of it, you cannot, neither can big techs so it lasts longer. So far, Brave filter is the only one able to block Shorts and a lot of crappy from YT. No filter will do that, or will get blocked very soon until a new one is released.

Everything is public, won't last!

Re: uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

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Post by thoughtjunkie »

insin wrote: post #121
thoughtjunkie wrote: post #109

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I'm also looking for a blocklist for X/Twitter that can remove the "who to follow", News sections, etc.

Not a blocklist, but for anyone who wants this, Control Panel for Twitter [1] can hide most things you'd want to hide on Twitter. The latest version adds a way to keep using the Dim dark mode variant theme they recently removed. [1] https://soitis.dev/control-panel-for-twitter

This is great, thanks
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