• Zephyr@sh.itjust.works
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    10 days ago

    Any service only cares about engagement so the dislike was never really useful because the core of engagement is rage bait. The only way to truly downvote content is to not engage with it whatsoever. Ex. The only way to dislike Instagram is to not use the platform

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      10 days ago

      The problem is that sometimes you can’t know whether the content is worth engaging until you view it. At least YouTube shorts still have the “Don’t recommend channel” option.

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        9 days ago

        Yea, about that. I have a channel that no matter how many times i say “don’t recommend me this channel” i would keep getting it, to comedic effect. Like i would press the button and then immediately get the same channel 4 times in a row. I have now pressed that button maybe 30 times and it is still showing up. Fuck YouTube.

        • OwOarchist@pawb.social
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          9 days ago

          youtube.com/feed/subscriptions

          Set that as your default youtube homepage. It shows you ONLY channels you’re subscribed to, with all their most recent videos in chronological order. No algorithm, and only what you want to see.

          I’m sure youtube will kill that sooner or later, but for now, it’s the only way to go.

      • M137@lemmy.today
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        8 days ago

        Why’d you specify shorts? That’s a thing normal videos too (both “not interested” and “don’t recommend channel”).