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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I've had my YT history off for years, today I was prompted to check the setting. I kept it off, now my Home feed is just a prompt to turn it on. I actually like it.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

I recently disabled history after getting annoyed about getting bombarded with recommended videos for something I only needed to watch once (e.g. a recipe, or instructions on how to repair something).

Now my YT homepage is literally stuck with the same videos, even the ones I've already watched. Doesn't matter how many times I refresh.

YouTube recommendation algorithm is extremely rudimentary, it's shocking. I really wished that they gave us the ability to tune the recommendation model, or some sort of include exclude filtering.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Try removing the problematic video from your history. That usually seems to help.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Been doing so over and over. The problem is that the recommendation model is pretty basic. You start watching a new channel or new topics, your recos start being mostly about topics related to the new channel/topics.

If I'm subbed to 200 channels, rarely do I get recos from channels I've subbed to early on. As a dev, I would love for the ability to tune what gets shown on the home page.

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