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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] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Personally I like the YT/YTMusic cross. I listen to the same music in the car or at work that I do at home in YT fairly often. I just hate shorts and wish they'd get the fuck off my homepage. That "hide for 30 days" button is so aggravating.

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

uBlock Origin doesn't have a 30 day limit:

www.youtube.com###title-text:has-text(Shorts):nth-ancestor(7)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha I did that a while back but the premise of it still annoys me.

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

The feeling of "You've clearly indicated you don't want this, but this is how long we're willing to wait before we try to force it on you again" of the 30 days is annoying, yes.

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

I'm fine when music content appears in Youtube recommendations, but videos in Music recommendations is absolute cancer.

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

Honestly I've used both every day since Google Play Music shut down and I can't say I've ever had video stuff come up on YT Music.