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hunter

(39,717 posts)

12. I use the "not interested," "I don't like this," "thumbs down," options aggressively.

Reply to CloudWatcher (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 23, 2025, 10:53 AM

Mar 2025

The YouTube algorithm seems to work pretty well for me. I rarely see anything I regard as crap on my landing page. I no longer see any political or pseudo-science videos there, so clearly the algorithms can identify that sort of content.

Unfortunately the algorithm probably works just as well for people who choose to immerse themselves in crap and that's all they see. And yes, a lot of this crap is evil and Google doesn't care so long as their pushing it is profitable.