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Anyone else frustrated by cross contamination from Youtube, Youtube Music and Youtube shorts? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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These are all products that I legitimately like and want to engage with, but linking them all to a single account and more importantly a shared recommendation engine feels very flawed.

My music playlists from Youtube Music keep showing up on my Youtube homepage. Likewise, engaging with Youtube Shorts (especially subscribing) also subscribes to their youtube channel. I don't know about anyone else, but what I find interesting in a 30 second video is not what I find interesting in a 10-30 minute video.

I feel like Google would be better served separating these recommendation engines. Even looking at this from a monetization lens, it feels inefficient. How do you guys feel? If you have any hacks or recommendations I'd love to hear them. I'm personally ready to create a TikTok account just to avoid contaminating my youtube feed.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't do much except reading on mobile so can't comment from that perspective. On desktop youtube shorts is just toxic. I keep clicking the X to get rid of them but that only works for 30 days. I often just close my browser tab now if I scroll and see a row of shorts.

I want nothing to do with shorts. If a video isn't long just have it play in the regular video player. There's also no valid reason to encourage people to shoot vertical video, it hurts my brain. The absolute worst though is there being no volume control. Love having my ear drums wrecked if a short opens up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I really don't know why they even have it on the desktop website. When did these places decide that they have to have their content on every platform they support? Is Amazon going to bring ebooks to my roku next? It's just dumb. The content has a place for those interested, but it's not on a desktop or TV.