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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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[–] Reil 2 points 1 year ago

I wish I could at least separate my likes list by content type. I hit like/dislike on shorts way more frequently than long-form videos to train that algorithm, but when I go into that list, I'm usually trying to find a long-form video from a while back.

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 1 year ago

@greenskye Basically Google is looking to turn YouTube into a social media of sorts. And it's trying various stuff and sees what sticks.

[–] s0phia 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, I hate that they keep pushing shorts into us. That's why I use uBlock with filters to block shorts, and ReVanced on my phone.

[–] Entropywins@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

My videos I like are usually history, science, engineering with stand up and Scott the woz thrown in there so the shorts and long format go well together and my music tastes are jam bands so I don't mind 3-6 hour youtube videos of live performances being recommended. For my use case it works very well... sorry it doesn't seem to vibe with you

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