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[Rumor] Youtube is A/B testing disabling "Do not recommend this channel" on me (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi lemmy,

youtube served me this survey today (english translation): "Which of the following issues have you encountered on the YouTube homepage today?

*The page is confusing
*I want to remove a video, but I don't know how to do it
*I couldn't find a particular livestream
*The "Do not recommend videos from this channel" menu option does not work
*Other problem
*None of them / not sure"

Which is funny, because I noticed when I blocked a "right wing propaganda" channel the other day in the YT shorts section it just skipped the video and played another one from the same channel.

Disclaimer: All anecdotal evidence, I can't prove a thing, but even just the idea of me not being able to stop shitty recommendations pains me.

WTF Youtube. Stop that shit.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have to reload the page. The next video is otherwise just being cached already and the block is not applied on that. The survey has nothing to do with it. This is just you making assumptions based on your ignorance of how YT works.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This happend on the app. Seems a bit odd, that I have to completely restart it when blocking a video. Whats next, logging in and out after every comment?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Doesn't matter whether it is the app or a browser. You have to reload the feed to apply the filters as they aren't applied retroactively.