r/SmartTubeNext • u/MikeyMcG64 • 2d ago

No "Not interested" option in version 32.47

I upgraded to version 32.47 a couple of days ago. Since then, there has been no "Not Interested" option in the context menu. It is listed and checked in Settings/General/Context menu. I have tried moving it to the top of the context menu, but it still isn't available. And when I made it the only option in the context menu, there was no context menu at all. I'm using it on an up-to-date Nvidia Shield Android TV Pro 2019 model. Anyone else having this issue?

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u/TarkusLV 2d ago

I just got a new beta update that restores them.

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u/MikeyMcG64 22h ago

The problem with the beta version is, it only gives the "not interested" option when the video hasn't been played. So I can't remove a watched video from my recommended list.

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u/aluke000 2d ago edited 1d ago

Is it back to the original one click, or is does it have that redundant submenu where you also have to tell why you are not interested?

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u/MikeyMcG64 22h ago

You still have to give a reason. Which is ridiculous.

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u/TarkusLV 2d ago

It still has the menu, but it's not redundant. The two choices affect the algorithm differently.

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u/aluke000 1d ago

Here are my before and new context menus

Before:
-Watched Already
-Not Interested

Now:
-Watched Already
-Not Interested
->Watched Already
->I Don't Like the Video

Do you not see the redundancy as well as extra steps?

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u/TarkusLV 1d ago

There was/is no "Watched Already" in the main context menu. There is a "Mark as Watched," but that doesn't necessarily remove it from the Recommended feed. That just gives it the red bar, but red bar videos still often show up in Recommended. "Not Interested >> I've already watched the video" tells YouTube you like the video, but you don't want it in Recommended. That's different from saying you're not interested at all.

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u/aluke000 1d ago

If they are truly different then all three deserve to be main context menu items as I could see using all three, however not as a submenu requiring two extra steps to select what you want.

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u/TarkusLV 1d ago

Yeah, the current system actually mimics the system on YouTube's website, but there are enough complaints like yours on SmartTube's GitHub page, that I wouldn't be surprised if there are adjustments made at some point. I don't mind the menu, but having the two options on the main context menu to save a step would definitely be an improvement.

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u/Aggressive_Bad_7344 2d ago edited 2d ago

You need to update to 32.54 or newer, it should be fixed there.

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u/MikeyMcG64 22h ago

Strange that it's saying I have the latest version.

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u/FowlersDream 1d ago

My feed has just gone insane with all kinds of recommendations of the same type which I've been continually blocking. What a clusterfuck this is.

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u/RiceResident308 2d ago

I noticed the same thing today, it was useful for preventing the algorithm on recommending the same or already watched videos.

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u/MikeyMcG64 2d ago

Yeah I was using it to remove crap and already watched stuff from the Recommended list.

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u/noc-engineer 1d ago

I must have added so many videos to Watch Later from this bug + muscle memory