• protist@retrofed.com
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    1 day ago

    YouTube is still amazing, you just have to ignore the algorithm, which is easy enough through subscriptions

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      14 hours ago

      I was trying to find background music the other day while I did chores. Unless you know a specifc channel, there’s a good chance your search takes you to Aimusic instead of music.


      I’ve been known for having strong opinions from time to time

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      13 hours ago

      Why ignore the algorithm? Some of my favorite creators I found through the algorithm (suggested videos, homepage, etc). I just ignore the ones you don’t like, you’ll see less and less of them.

      Example: A few weeks ago it tried to show me videos of Charlie Kirk, I marked them as boring and after 3 attempts it got the message and I haven’t seen one since.

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        6 hours ago

        You’re right about this, but getting it right can take some work. YouTube makes recommendations based on your watch history and input, so you have to go in and remove videos from your history you don’t want to influence what you see. But a big problem IMO is that the algorithm recommends things only based on what you’ve watched recently, and not based on your subscriptions