YouTube recommendations are like when you tell your mom that you enjoyed a classical music concert, and the next day she has bought you a cello and signed you up for classes.

JUST BECAUSE I WATCHED ONE FUCKING DUMB COOKING SHOW, DOESN'T MEAN I WANT ALL MY CAREFULLY CURATED CONTENT ABOUT PROGRAMMING AND SCIENCE REPLACED WITH CELEBRITIES TRYING OUT VEGAN BARF WRAPS.

So true. I watched an aquascaping video once.... 🙄

The shit I get in my feed is never ending just because one of my friends sent me a link to a video which I then looked at. Meanwhile the stuff I am interested in slides out of sight.

Have you tried Facebook and seen their friend suggestions.... Or LinkedIn for the fact.... No a friend of a friend etc or some random person in a giant group does not mean I want to be their "friends"... Do I look like someone that goes out with a sign saying "free hugs"....

@billgates LinkedIn always suggests people who went to the same college I did, but started a year or two after I graduated. I don't know why it expects me to know these people. I barely know anybody who was there at the same time, let alone people who arrived after I left.

This post brings me a lot of laughs. Hahaaa. :P

go and thumbs down few of those without even watching the Big Brother Neural Net should understand what you're trying to say and stop it.

But... But... It's a facy ArTiFiCiaL inTeLLigEnce and cool MaChiNe LeaRniNg.

You can mark YouTube recommendations as "Not interested"

@ReimarPB The problem is that there is a certain drunk part of my brain that's inclined to also click on the video of a washed up actress cooking tofu almondbutter lentil wraps.

The willpower required to consciously curate recommendations is often too much, especially because YouTube is biased towards the video equivalent of fastfood — because those are trending, it's what everyone likes. If I watch one video about category theory, I'll have to actively pursue more. If I watch one video of Jimmy Kimmel saying stupid things to a stupid celebrity, it's gonna punch me in the face with stupidity for a month even if I click "not interested" a dozen times.

Works for me. I watch dashcam videos, and it suggests more dashcam videos. Saves me the search

Embrace incognito 😊