Free autism diagnosis by the algorithm
My YouTube homepage after I watch one balatro video
Submitted 5 weeks ago by Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/0113e54e-7f23-4371-9697-3dca599593bf.webp
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iii@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
RedSnt@feddit.dk 5 weeks ago
Unironically the YT algorithm that pushed me into videos that eventually made me get diagnosed by a professional.
csm10495@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
If I ever watch one Mr. Bean YouTube video, all my suggestions become Mr. Bean. I mean he’s ok but they literally have the same video uploaded to multiple channels with slightly different names.
Give me more different Mr. Bean. Stop repeating the Bean.
ech@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Unfortunately there’s only like, 10 Mr. Bean episodes. Not much “more different” to go off of there.
GreenAppleTree@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That realisation was what made me doubt all of my childhood memories.
Kid me was sure there was at least 50 episodes of an hour each. Nope. Only 14. All less than half an hour long.
RedSnt@feddit.dk 5 weeks ago
You watch one video about old people reacting to rage against the machine and suddenly all the recommended videos are by “reactors” that make $50k a month doing nothing but watching movies with their mouth open
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
an acquaintance of mine did a reaction vid where they reacted as one normally would - ie very minimal almost nothing - to a star wars announcement and got death threats lol
blackris@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Hey, that is a useful job! Do you always have opinions on things? Are you sure, you always have the right opinions? Come on, let’s make sure and watch a person with a funny face watch other things and move the face in a way, we can immitate!
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
youtube algo is such a piece of shit.
Watch lets plays and retro tech channels, every day, for months.
Accidentally watch 30 seconds of a right wing psychopaths video because they buried the lede with the video title, and all youtube wants to show me for 2 weeks is right wing extremist bullshit, and takes months to get back into getting suggested the shit i normally watch on the daily.
Psythik@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I hate how pro right wing YouTube is. Half the time I make an anti-Trump comment, it gets censored. But plenty of pro-MAGA comments get through constantly. I can tell that I’m getting censored because my comments simply won’t be there when I go back to the same video from a different account. But it’ll show up in my comment history with a “some comments might not be visible yet” disclaimer at the top. This only happens to me when I get political.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
most websites like youtube/twitter/facebook/etc/etc are all heavily pro-right wing.
They’ve claimed in the past they don’t want to appear “biased” by cracking down on right wingers for rules violations. but honestly, it was obviously bullshit since they had no problem with “biased” appearances when cracking down on any other group, and often for far far far less than what right wingers routinely get away with.
ech@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I’m am so strict about what I watch on my yt account. Anything that is just a one off for curiosity or that I think will destroy my front page gets opened in a private browser or 3rd party app.
Fwiw, you can delete videos from your viewing history to theoretically fix it.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Yeah i do this. I browse front page for any recommendation and if it’s a shitty clickbait or something from a search or lemmy that i don’t wanna get flooded with, i delete that video. Then it won’t recommend you that sort of video.
You gotta control the algorithm and make it works for you.
Nighed@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
This! You can curate the algorithm to work for you!
Infernal_pizza@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I do this, but every now and then I still click on a video and then realise I shouldn’t have because my recommended feed is then flooded with videos about that specific topic. I’ll have to remember the watch history trick
ech@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
I hope it helps!
AstralPath@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
This is the way to be. Any time I see someone else’s feed in YT I almost always cringe in horror at what they’re being force fed. Curate your algorithms folks!
RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
I use a 3rd party app Freetube. Don’t need a google account and you can set multiple subscription profiles for different types of content. I only find new channels from suggestions for each video but stick to subscription as home page. But as with any 3rd party front end, YouTube is in constant battle with them, especially with vpn which can break things once in a while but it is a price you have to pay for a bit of privacy.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Not just privacy, also usability. I can’t watch 5 minutes on YouTube without ads and the algorithm is aparantly more important than your own preferences, according to Google.
RogueBanana@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Oh definitely but my comparison was with Firefox using ublock origin so didn’t mention the ads. YouTube with ads is literally unusable for me and I don’t wanna pay money to google either. I haven’t seen YouTube recommendation page in so long so can’t remember how bad it is lol.
DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 5 weeks ago
Log out, clear cookies, never log in again.
dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 5 weeks ago
You’re using YouTube wrong. You’re supposed to set your default page to the subscriptions page.
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
the trick is to ignore your homepage and only browse your subscriptions page
you can use an extension to automatically redirect to your subscriptions page
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
Pretty much what I do with Lemmy, too.
zqps@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
YT assumes you’re always binge-watching. Which people often are apparently, and it’s good for retention.
Just use your subscription tab, like we did in the olden days.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
At least those are videos of a real videogame.
I find it incredibly insulting how my algorithm is always giving me ads and thinly veiled ads for predatory casinos. It insults my intelligence, the artistry that earns that actually earns the prestige of successful, critically acclaimed games, and it is a disgusting, pathetic way to earn a living.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
What is balatro?
Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Look it up on YouTube!
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
roflcopter
ColdWater@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Lmao
Valmond@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
ROFL
shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Drugs given video game form.
Googlyman64@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
the best way to describe it is a poker roguelike. its weird but addicting, i like it a lot.
tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The downfall of my productivity at work
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
A well-liked card game on the computer.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
Whenever this happens, I simply go into my watch history and delete whatever the fuck it was that turned my entire FP into just that one topic.
Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Good to know you can do that.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
Really shouldn’t have to tho. It’s always for a video I clicked accidentally or only watched 15 seconds before I was like “nah.”
demizerone@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Ha! I made this mistake when looking for a morning his video to use to make fun of my hardcore right wing friend. Now all I see is those shit heads on my algo.
EarWorm@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I remember when I Ran by Flock of Seagulls was randomly playing in my head so I decided to listen to it. YouTube took that as me finding a new favourite band. I mostly listen to industrial metal.
endeavor@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
I also hate that yt has enshittified to where it no longer has new or interesting stuff to reccomend. All my subs are from years ago as of late it doesn’t reccomend me anything but the biggest channels.
TommySoda@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I totally feel you but for a different reason. I played Balatro for a few days and literally the only thing Steam recommended to me for over a month was just card based rogue-like games.
Also I recommend the one by RTGame. Probably my favorite streamer. He’s Irish so I never catch the streams but the YouTube videos are great.
rockerface@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Did you know they called him the Balatro King in the college?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Say his name and he appears! I believe in
Joe HendryBalatro!I don’t know who this Baletro guy is, but daaaaaaamn. He owns your youtube.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
It’s John Balatro, he play his card well.
HollowNaught@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Use Freetube, it’s a FOSS desktop application where you can import your subs and playlists
Best selling point is how the homepage is the most recent videos by your subscriptions in order, from most to least recent
I honestly prefer it to youtube in every way
endeavor@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Id like to use that but youtube is chromecast from my phone or used on my phone before I go to sleep to watch science and history videos.
raskolnikov@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Nice recommendation, thanks. I’m starting to push away from all these US big tech companies (hence why I’m here in Lemmy) and finding an alternative to YouTube was hard to find. I just hope they don’t get into the same troubles as Vanced.
HollowNaught@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’ve been using it for about a year now and I honestly have nothing but praise for it
Because it uses invidious as a backend for video sources, freetube can have similar problems to it (might have a day without access to yt vids), but that’s only happened twice in the past year that I can remember
tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I got way better due to them tho 😅
Blaster_M@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
pony on the front, lol
Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
it’s coming it’s real
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
So…am I the only one who only uses the “Subscriptions” section? It has been years since I went the YouTube homepage.
Majorllama@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I have been watching YouTube basically since they started. Despite having over 1000 subscriptions and an ungodly amount of watch hours if I watch a SINGLE video that’s outside my usual wheelhouse my recommendation page will be tainted for like a week trying to get me to watch more of whateber thing I dared venture into.
bokherif@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Been dealing with this BS for over 1.5 yrs now. Nothing fixes it. Skill issue on the YT dev team.
MrMcGasion@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
As someone who has watched 6 of those videos in the screenshot from across 3 different channels, I apologize for my part in training the algorithm into thinking others who watch a single Balatro video might be interested in watching all the variety streamers play Balatro.
poggerino@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Why isn’t it recommending Northernlion :(
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Lol y is your watch history still on
AstralPath@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Watch history is useful if you actively curate your algorithm feed. If you don’t engage with the tools the algorithm interacts with you can quickly end up with a free-for-all on your main page.
Thcdenton@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Oh it staight up disables the home page. Search > algo.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Don’t act like disabling Watch History stop Google from recording your watch history for internal purposes.
hmmm@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
This is god sign.
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Pause your YouTube watch and search history. It makes a world of a difference.
I like videos I care about and want to see more of. Watching a single junk video (in theory) doesn’t ruin my feed.
reddig33@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yep. The algorithm is way too aggressive. Keep in mind you can remove videos from your watch history.
dudeami0@lemmy.dudeami.win 5 weeks ago
Agreed. You watch one video and the entire homepage changes.
tyler@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
I think maybe it’s geared towards people who watch more YouTube. I never have any single topic take over my entire homepage, literally ever. I even watched a balatro video like two weeks ago and I got two tiles on my homepage that showed balatro. But I also watch a lot of YouTube, so any one video doesn’t change much about my watch patterns. Last year my wife decided we were suddenly going to be watching videos about using turkey calls, and we watched about ten of them in a row and then I was getting a good number of recommendations for turkey shit, but still nothing like OP’s homepage.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
I think it’s just quick to hop onto new things that appear, but it evens out fairly quickly. I assume it’s similar to a PID controller tuned to adjust quickly but overshoot, and then come back to level over time. It seems to essentially be a test to see how much of a new thing you’ve watched you’re willing to watch. Once it sees you’re not opening a lot of them it levels out almost as quickly as it started. This let’s it quickly adopt new things you like, but (at least for me) it doesn’t stick around if I don’t engage.