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YouTube's search function is atrocious now [video]

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Re: YouTube's search function is atrocious now [video]

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Post by jsheard »

Don't forget the obligatory "People also watched" section jammed into the middle of the search results which deliberately shows a screen full of things you didn't search for, that are at best tenuously related. Emphasis on at best because they're often not related at all. Who wants this?

Re: YouTube's search function is atrocious now [video]

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Post by frfl »

Life hack, maybe it will help someone out: Add a "before:YYYY" to the search to go back to a simpler time.

Eg, "before:2012 python talk"

As an experiment open two tabs and compare the results of "python talk" and "before:2012 python talk". The difference is staggering.

Re: YouTube's search function is atrocious now [video]

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Post by washadjeffmad »

haolez wrote: post #4
princevegeta89 wrote: post #2

Also, if you use an Ad blocker, the buttons on the search results page [sort by, etc.] Stop working

I use an Ad Blocker and I pay for YouTube Premium. My experience doesn't seem to degrade.

That's possibly the best filter comment you could have written.

Re: YouTube's search function is atrocious now [video]

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Post by ryeights »

leoh wrote: post #3

I wonder if a distributed attempt to build a complementary index for YouTube could be an answer; wherein users install a browser plugin that captures the results and metadata of a given query or metadata when a video is watched.

This would amount to doing free labor to prop up a trillion dollar company’s subpar product. Then again, YouTube is only barely profitable as-is right? And getting people to switch to a more sustainable paid alternative is a non-starter. So maybe this is the future we deserve
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