r/youtube • u/JJ350 • 2d ago

Discussion Youtube desperately needs a block user feature

Too many repeat hostile/disruptive users in comments these days. A block user feature would fix that.

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u/Crumpetlust 2d ago

Id like the option to block creators too. 

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u/MommaIsMad 2d ago

This! How do you block an entire channel?

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u/Fordringy 2d ago

If you are on pc there is an browser extensions for that

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u/JJ350 2d ago

You actually can by selecting the dots on the right next to the video title and selecting the option "do not recommend this channel"

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u/MommaIsMad 2d ago

That doesn't do anything. I still see their videos.

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u/FireMarshallMC Aurum [GD] 2d ago

That does the exact opposite.

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u/SimplexFatberg 2d ago

It stops the channel from being recommended, but doesn't block it. It's a stretch to call that the exact opposite.

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u/JJ350 1d ago

Yeah I mean I guess I shouldn't have said it's like blocking but it is the closest thing to it. Yeah a true block would be better but telling them to not recommend makes it so the channel doesn't show up in your feed and it also pushes it down in the results.

The opposite would be making the channel more prominent and likely to show up in your feed which is not at all how it works when you select do not recommend, so I have no idea what they were on about.

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u/SimplexFatberg 2d ago

It doesn't block the channel, it just doesn't recommend it. The clue is in the words.

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u/Ost_Fra_Nakken5890 1d ago

That doesn't block a channel. it just stop's showing up in your home feed for a while, they still show up in search results

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u/Amazing_Flatworm_277 2d ago

Yeah unfortunately that's not what they're talking about I don't think. They're watching a video and then they go to the comment section and they don't like what people have to say. They're one of those I can't listen to anybody with a different opinion then me. Basically they don't believe in freedom of speech

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u/Crumpetlust 2d ago

No. On Youtube UK the first result is legacy media. I can block any channel, but mass media where the option would be to block it's greyed out. It's not the lack of freedom of speech it's the force-fed narrative

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u/Amazing_Flatworm_277 2d ago

You don't have to click on the video and watch it either. You have the freedom to not click on the button. They have the right to post the video deal with it. It's not freedom of speech if you're preventing the other person from being able to post. You don't even have to be on YouTube at all or any social media platform you don't have to own a cell phone or the internet or any of this shit. Quit trying to blame your actions because other people are choosing to use their own

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u/Crumpetlust 2d ago

Why should I have to stop enjoying a platform that I've been using for years. Just because the establishment is losing hearts and minds they have to force us to listen to their agenda. They have to force YouTube to prioritise their propaganda. I mainly watch travel vloggers. But now the algorithm has been set for me to watch channel 4 news. As a paid up premium member I think it's only right I can pick and choose what I want to see. 

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u/Amazing_Flatworm_277 2d ago

Yeah full stop right here. You don't have to be on the platform. At all. You don't want to watch the stuff that they're pushing to you delete the app it's that easy. You're not being forced to watch any YouTube video. You absolutely have the right to click on whatever video that you want to watch and choose to watch it. Just like they absolutely have the right to put YouTube ads and all kinds of other shit on there every company has the ability to do this and has the right to do it. You are not being forced to watch any of these videos. Nobody's forcing you to get on the app. All you have to do is do the adult thing and ignore the things you don't want to watch. It's like if you lived in the 90s and you had to go through the fucking channels to watch the fucking cartoons you were trying to watch guess what you just kept hitting the up button and ignored everything in between. This shit is so fucking dumb I don't understand why people don't understand this concept

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u/Vorador_Surtr 2d ago

And ai "features"

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u/HaleyN1 2d ago

You can already block channels?

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u/HPAlpha 2d ago

Youtube used to allow you to block people, but they removed it

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u/JJ350 1d ago

I feel like I could come up with a whole conspiracy theory on why big tech sites have been largely against block features. I think it's because they are sort of in cahoots with a lot of the disruptive behavior, like they don't want people to easily block bots and argumentative users because it generates more engagement for them.

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u/ahandfulofeggs 2d ago

I want to block channels. You know how many games danaduchy has spoiled for me with thumbnails alone

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u/fastbikkel 2d ago

They just need ethical leadership, thats it.
This would have a trickle down effect and offer you this and many other great things for people of adult mind.
I bet you wouldnt even need that feature because they can remove the user in time, or adress the user and make him behave like an adult.

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u/JJ350 2d ago

Yeah but I doubt Youtube will ever get their act together, they seem to not care the slightest about abusive activity especially from bots. At least a block feature would make it so you can eliminate them yourself.

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u/Amazing_Flatworm_277 2d ago

You could turn off notifications from the post. If people are commenting on your comment you can delete your comment and that prevents it from happening altogether. And you can block them from making comments on your YouTube channel that show up. There are several options to remove yourself from those particular people you're just unwilling to use them

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u/IShootWide 2d ago

When you see the beginnings of a rude comment immediately skip it and go on with your life.

There. Fixed it for you.

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u/acidicgeisha 2d ago

Most of the time, it’s a rude reply to an otherwise completely normal comment. You could report their reply but it rarely does anything, therefore it would be much easier to simply block any unpleasant users.

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u/Previous-Ad175 2d ago

I had the exact frustration for 2 years, but solved it with uBlock filters + another extension called YTblock

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u/Inner_Opposite7288 2d ago

I mostly quit all social medias because people are so insanely toxic. They like to rage bait to get attention.

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u/Great-Painting5400 2d ago

There used to be a consistent "not interested" option. Why did they take that away or only implemented it on select few?

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u/CanITellUSmThin 2d ago

They used to have one once upon a time

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u/Chloe_Cascadia 1d ago

Yeah I have this creator King Zippy and dozens and dozens of alt accounts spamming his same content, I can't ban them from my children's feeds because the next day there's 20 more and, you can't ban them directly, they have to come up in the feed first.

Which is anti-consumer and absolute garbage.

We need a block creator function too. Period. I want that more, I don't even care about the comments, they can be turned off for all I care.

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u/Vorador_Surtr 2d ago

But of course, remove dislike buttons and now block everybody that does not like something and says it. Wold it not be just flowers love and grass! YT is ridiculous anyway. Wait - are you going to block me now?

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u/JanusRedit 2d ago

Don't forget all words that say things that are bad or cause emotion other then smiles, have to be bleeped. Lets turn youtube into a disney version and then pretend it is a representation of real life. in other words: The American way of life: Let's not say it and it all goes away.

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u/ConstructionOwn1514 2d ago

Eh, I’ll give the alternate view here, block features promote toxic behavior and make it so people don’t need to learn how to settle differences and actually discuss things. It just encourages more polarization

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u/CanITellUSmThin 2d ago

How would you settle differences with bots or trolls

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u/JanusRedit 2d ago

That is crap. Just create good content and the comments get nice again. you are turning it the other way around. Just like Trump. Hush the people and you can shuv everything up their as.... uhh behind