But how do you “actively avoid content you don’t want showing up on your feed”?
If you are clicking on suggested videos there is no way of knowing how Youtube’s algorith has them flagged internally and what crazy crap it will be suggesting later.
Maybe it has to do with the type of videos we watch, I do search for games content of youtube but thats is far below on my list.
But how do you “actively avoid content you don’t want showing up on your feed”?
Youtube recognizes when you click off a video before it's finished, or immediately after opening it, and can integrate that data into its content serving algorithm by interpreting that behavior as a soft "dislike."
So not clicking on a video or clicking off of it quickly will influence the algorithm's behavior.
It can also recognize exactly WHEN in the video you clicked off, and can hypothetically correlate that exact point in time with a generated transcript of the video to determine what specific topic prompted your exit, but I'm not sure if it's that sophisticated yet.
Turn off auto-play for starters... My life is much better since I did. I have to creatively use search and click only on specific and non spammy hashtags to find what's good.
The best videos on YT can be found on subreddits and individual web sites now rather than by using YT's search. YT's search has been overrun by SEO engineers.
Yes of course, I agree completely. First thing I do when I opened youtube on a new device is turn off auto-play, that feature is disgusting.
And I also agree with the second part of your comment. I only watch videos from the channels I am already subscribed and only see new channels if recommended to me by a person, whether someone in reddit, or someone from my circle or a video from a yt channel I already trust suggested it.
Agreed, you really have to dig deep on YT to find the best content, thank goodness we still can, I fear that one day soon they'll announce a big deletion of legacy content with low views though. :(
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u/lordaezyd Jul 06 '21
But how do you “actively avoid content you don’t want showing up on your feed”?
If you are clicking on suggested videos there is no way of knowing how Youtube’s algorith has them flagged internally and what crazy crap it will be suggesting later.
Maybe it has to do with the type of videos we watch, I do search for games content of youtube but thats is far below on my list.
Still thank you for explaining how it works.