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Anyone else frustrated by cross contamination from Youtube, Youtube Music and Youtube shorts? (self.technology)

submitted 2 years ago by greenskye to c/technology

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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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[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (4 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.

[–] zurohki@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

uBlock Origin doesn't have a 30 day limit:

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

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] zurohki@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years 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.

[–] Metacortechs@lemmy.stellarvortex.com 2 points 2 years ago

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

I love you, thank you for this! I've been bitching about it every 30 days when they come back but ultimately lose the momentum as soon as I hide them, thinking I'll do it tomorrow. But, hey there's a squrrel outside!

What was I saying?

[–] ASCIIansi@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

I'd love to see that option in the lbry client.

[–] Pixelologist 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There are browser extensions that hide shorts for you. I haven't seen one in a long time.

[–] deadcream@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] swope@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

My kids get annoyed when YTmusic plays the video version of a song. I get annoyed that my kids choices influence what the algorithm recommends to me. (Play Music let kids under 13 have their own profile, but not YTmusic.)

Shorts are quite annoying and I want to disable them permanently.

[–] Godwins_Law@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I actually Really like the crossover. I love mashup music and tons of it is only on places line YouTube and other "less official"/record company controlled places.

So YouTube music being able to integrate those sources is 10/10 for me.