How can I get YouTube to not offer rage-inducing stuff?

bremen15@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 138 points –

Currently in the US elections are featured in my YouTube feed, and not factual content but rage inducing.

How can I filter that?

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  1. Watch videos you want to see

  2. Click the dots > Not Interested in videos you don't

  3. Enjoy your tailored feed with only stuff you want to see!

My YouTube algorithm is fantastic. I never see politics because if I want to watch a political video, I open it in a private window

I also find that marking stuff with "not interested" works pretty well. Some far right bullshit pops up occasionally but it's quickly dealt with.

Yeah, with a small amount of effort you can really make your YouTube feed work for you. I have a main account full of engineering, computers, and misc entertainment (sketch comedy channels + Atrioc) and a separate one for my work laptop that's just music. Both feeds are pretty fantastic but the recommendations on latter is especially good - I've found a ton of new artists including some with only a few hundred followers (shout out to folk singer Alexander Guy!)

i forgot about disliking videos and channels! That might fix my problem right away. THank you

It might take some time but if you don't want to start fresh with a new account, mark everything you don't want as Not Interested as they pop up until your feed is clean! It's worth the effort imo

Also, you can tell YT to never recommend a channel. It's permanent (can't undo) but well worth the use.

I think if you sub then unsub it resets that block if you do it by mistake

In addition, if you see a video like this, I prefer to select "don't recommend channel"

Also i find that removing stuff you want to avoid from your watch history helps