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As someone who is constantly on YouTube and has been since the pre-Google era, their algorithm is ~~shit~~ now. It keeps giving me the same crap over and over and even though I click Not Interested, I continue to get things I don't want to see. WTF
Yup. I've built a system where I tell it every video "not interested" after searching 1 topic. It literally doesn't give two shits about all the subs I have with content I'm actually interested in. It's like "oh shit you watched that one popular video, time to fill your entire feed with ADHD shorts and slop bullshit. We're just going to ignore your historical data completely"
I've definitely noticed this, you watch one or two videos that are from a popular genre, and all of a sudden that's half your recommendations. I've found the "not interested" option does work though.
They do have a lot of viewing history to work with though.
This is why if I'm on desktop, I either open in a private window, or immediately delete the video from my YouTube history. Or if I'm on my phone, I open it on newpipe.