DeArrow is another useful extension for Youtube, created to remove clickbait from your feed. It removes thumbnails and changes video titles based on user suggestions similar to Sponsorblock.
I generally use YouTube without logging in on the PC and clean history every now and then. No matter which videos I watch first, the feed gets populated with such amount of garbage, that it kinda surprises me. Softcore porn, cop and gun shit, shitty political stuff, it’s flabbergasting.
That’s unfortunately what the algorithm gives when it doesn’t know very much about you: bottom of the barrel slop. I’m the opposite and stay logged in, but I’m also diligent about removing items from my watchlist if I didn’t like them, or if I see they’re skewing the algorithm.
Same. I’ve got a decade of watch history at this point, the algorithm is pretty good at showing me videos that are actually relevant to my interests. Every once in a while I’ll click on something outside my norm and the algorithm will shake things up, but if it’s not something I’m interested in then I just hide the first couple videos and it’ll readjust again.
I generally use YouTube without logging in on the PC and clean history every now and then. No matter which videos I watch first, the feed gets populated with such amount of garbage, that it kinda surprises me. Softcore porn, cop and gun shit, shitty political stuff, it’s flabbergasting.
That’s unfortunately what the algorithm gives when it doesn’t know very much about you: bottom of the barrel slop. I’m the opposite and stay logged in, but I’m also diligent about removing items from my watchlist if I didn’t like them, or if I see they’re skewing the algorithm.
Same. I’ve got a decade of watch history at this point, the algorithm is pretty good at showing me videos that are actually relevant to my interests. Every once in a while I’ll click on something outside my norm and the algorithm will shake things up, but if it’s not something I’m interested in then I just hide the first couple videos and it’ll readjust again.