Currently in the US elections are featured in my YouTube feed, and not factual content but rage inducing.

How can I filter that?

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Turn off all history tracking for youtube (disables all recommendations). Rely solely on your subscriptions

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      2 months ago

      This is the only way. I’ve been doing it for years, in part because I absolutely hate catered content based on what I’ve viewed/read. Doing so only increases silos. At least with reddit (RIP)/Lemmy you pick from a potpourri of silos that are don’t change depending on what I’ve read.

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        2 months ago

        This is the only way.

        No, that’s just the only way to do it without putting in any effort.

        I’ve have history enabled for years and I don’t get much of the complaints people have about YouTube; my recommendations are fine and I usually find other channels I like that way, anything I don’t like I dislike and mark as not interested and that type of content goes away after a handful of markings.

        I understand the want of not being silo’d, but at the same time, I know what kind of brain rot YouTube can offer, so I’m happy to solo myself away from that dreck.

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            2 months ago

            My “catered silos”: motorsports, gaming, science, engineering, music, etc.

            Oh no my biased opinions on whether or not the XR150L is worth buying or perhaps Minecraft Skyblock Challenge.
            Please someone help me expand my views on Four Producers—One Sample, please!

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        2 months ago

        It literally turns off that feed you’re talking about?

        “How do I get rid of political recommendations filling my feed”

        At the extreme end - turn the feed off entirely. Then you dont get a homepage filled with political recommendations.

        What am I misunderstanding?

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          Sorry, I thought turning off the history tracking lead to YouTube giving you a homepage full of the top trading videos? Like if you don’t log in with an account?

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              Yeah I didn’t realize that’s what your homepage would just be permanently. I thought it was showing a message you get after turning off the tracking, based on the context. I now remember hearing about that changing recently, but it’s definitely not the way it used to work.