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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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[–] glimse 96 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)
  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

[–] Diplomjodler3 34 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

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.

[–] glimse 15 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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!)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] glimse 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] aln 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] glimse 1 points 2 weeks ago

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

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