#youtube algorithm

[johnpallo]

The YouTube algorithm giving me perplexing bangers this evening

[sphxxshthealien]

every time i open youtube—every single fuckin time—this same video is at the top of my recommended:

dear youtube. i do not want to watch “le fische au chocolat”. i don’t even want to know what “le fische au chocolat” is about. there are some manmade horrors that i would very much like to stay beyond my comprehension.

i have never watched a single youtube video that even remotely relates to a fucking chocolate fish. can this video please return to the deep dank corner of the algorithm’s rectum from whence it came lest its enema clutter my goddamn for you page

i repeat. no. more. inappropriately. seasoned. seafood. poseidon did not give birth to our lord and saviour percy jackson just for the offspring of his kingdom of the sea to be disrespected in death by its corpse being served as a chocolate coated carcass. dear god

[generallemarc]

One of the very few good things I'll praise youtube for

Regardless of how much or how little I use the "don't recommend me this" feature, I'll usually see at least one or two videos with only a few hundred views from very small channels in the sidebar each day. Even if I never watch most of them(the 'tism heavily biases me towards what I already know), the mere fact that youtube is promoting smaller channels at all is a very, very good thing. It shouldn't have to just be the bigger guys like Jacksfilms or the Critical Drinker having to do shout-outs all the dang time in order to help boost smaller creators. That's real great that they're doing that, but it ain't they're job to do so; it's Youtube's. And now it finally looks like they're doing it.

[melencolia-maniac]

for all the dumbass male youtubers who says Agatha aint a good show. FUCK OFF. seriously they give off real incel energy, why stupid ass youtube algorithm recommending these clickbait videos i have no idea. can��t i just enjoy the ballad on repeat in peace???

[dannyvantass]

post about mrbeast and youtube monopoly just reminded me of my favorite firefox extension. A lot of others (esp with adhd or similar disorders) would probably benefit from this too, but may not have thought to look for it.

its called unhook, and it completely removes the recommendations section on the main page of youtube. this is what it looks like on my phone but i have it on my desktop too

it has basically reduced my "completely forgot time exists and lost myself to the abyss of Endless Video" episodes to once or twice a month, when i accidentally end up on shorts through someone im subscribed to.

i can just go straight to the searchbar or the 'subscribed' page without being immediately distracted by whats taking up the rest of the screen.

and when there is no recommendations or trending page, there is no algoritm to fuck up by a specific search you did one time or a series of videos you watched earlier but have no interest in outside of that. no 'trending', no clickbait or ragebait, no breaking news, no doomscrolling.

it also blocks the recommendations that appear under any specific video you are watching, like this:

there are loads more options for what to filter! i also have ads, banners and notifications turned off to further simplify the UI and reduce distraction.

shorts can likewise be hidden, but this removes them from any type of search or page, so thats something i personally chose not to enable.

ive used this extension for well over 6 months now, and never experienced any bugs or issues as far as i can tell. just bliss.

i dont really do this normally cause thats not the type of following/mutuals i have but it deserves to get a small shoutout anyway.

(also gonna tag the fuck out of it in the hopes it will help more people find it)

[moooonbean]

So, my youtube seems to think I'm single and keeps recommending me videos about overcoming difficulties getting in romantic relationships, what to do if you've never been in a relationship, etc.

Which... it's right. I am single. But I'm also aroace lol, like no amount of allo-ness aroace

I blame my curiosity on gendered issues/gender and society and watching videos about that which bleed into dating issues

[always-is-always]

Epic Park Jimin....

For your viewing pleasure. ��

[mr-legoman]

Sometimes I have to wonder what the hell is going through the YouTube algorithms mind.

[frogmoisturethief]

who david the hedgehog?!? this liberal shit has gone too far 😭

[gravesmistake314]

Me: I really don’t like Netflix Devil May Cry.

YouTube: Got it, so you’re anti-woke so I’ll show you more videos about that and why women and the LGBT deserve it.

Me: Wtf, no I just thought the writing sucked.

YouTube: Ah my mistake, you just want to kill all millennials.

Me:

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

My youtube recommended page is absolutely flooded, FLOODED, with random videos with less than 100 views uploaded two days ago from channels I'm not subscribed to and have never heard of, and they all inexplicably talk with vaguely eastern european accents like early 2000s internet cartoons. The topics aren't even related to videos I've watched before, it's just random promotion. I guess it's good that these small channels are getting shown around, but I'm not the demographic for any of them so they're being wasted on me.

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

i'm getting videos i've already seen recommended to me on youtube, except they now have different, snappier thumbnails. what is even going on? is youtube rolling out rolling out some 'ai remakes your thumbnail so your video gets more engagement' feature?

[flock-of-cassowaries]

Bestie just now:

“Yeah, so since I was watching videos on chimpanzee infanticide, they decided they would recommend me videos of Davey Havok doing the Green Day musical.”

[raidermomma]

WHY DID THIS COME UP ON MY RECOMMENDED AND WHY IS HE IN BED?!?!?!?!?

[hearmeoutworthypoll]

the giant youtube snake thing from this video by meatcanyon

The YouTube algorithm as represented by a giant metal serpent creature. What’s profitable topical content. Will kill or makes people wish they were dead. Flies

Reminder, the premise is “would a normie think it’s weird to find them attractive?” (Would they have to “hear me out?”)

[thebananaiscold]

This is first thing I see today on YouTube. Now I must share it everyone else. 🐖 🐖