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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] brie 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think I used to use a brand account just to separate my music subscriptions and regular subscriptions. I'm not sure if it affected suggestions though.

[–] hare_ware@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago

It does affect suggestions, as far as I can tell.

[–] lukini 3 points 1 year ago

This is exactly how I've done it. My original youtube account from before google accounts existed will stay my youtube account. My personal account is only used for music. I do share a favorite music playlist between to two though so it's super easy to add music I like on the youtube account that will then show up in my youtube music app.

[–] tentphone@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Same, I have a brand account that I use for YouTube music and use my main account in regular YouTube.