YouTube really needs a "block channel" feature

Yeah, I frequently find myself wishing for the option to do it to entire channels instead of individual videos. Some of the shit that gets recommended is fucking vile.

That would mean less clicks, so it's not going to happen. Just use apps. I've loved mine where I can just block channels, input keywords that will stop videos with the keyword from showing up, etc.

The alt right shit is STILL showing up on the sidebar in my recommends. Im getting fucking tired of it. I don't know what the fuck I could be watching thats triggering that garbage except gaming videos. And I think that might actually be it, which is depressing. But yeah, I would love to start mass blocking channels wholesale.

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That would mean less clicks, so it's not going to happen.

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yup

those channels probably make YT big moola

if you don't see them, you won't click them

Cipherr said:

The alt right shit is STILL showing up on the sidebar in my recommends. Im getting fucking tired of it. I don't know what the fuck I could be watching thats triggering that garbage except gaming videos. And I think that might actually be it, which is depressing. But yeah, I would love to start mass blocking channels wholesale.

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It might be based on your browsing history as a whole, so idk what kinda sites you're visiting...

They need it and also to make channels be a subdirectory so you can block problem accounts by blocking their youtube subdir while letting other youtube links through. Having everyone under the same opaque URL encoding scheme is stupid.

Zeno said:

That would mean less clicks, so it's not going to happen. Just use apps. I've loved mine where I can just block channels, input keywords that will stop videos with the keyword from showing up, etc.

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Which apps do you use to block channels? And is that for PC or available on mobile as well ?

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The alt right shit is STILL showing up on the sidebar in my recommends. Im getting fucking tired of it. I don't know what the fuck I could be watching thats triggering that garbage except gaming videos. And I think that might actually be it, which is depressing. But yeah, I would love to start mass blocking channels wholesale.

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Sometimes users that post gaming vidoes also post alt-right garbage which can then get recommended to you.

Yes fucking please I was watching some double toasted reviews a while ago. And for some reason YouTube is interpreting that as me wanting to only see YouTube "movie critic" channels that go into extensive detail on why The Last Jedi is a cinematic failure. I have hit not interested on every single one of them and Youtube ain't getting the fucking hint.

Yes. I have suggested videos of a fucking podcaster who I unsubbed ages ago still following me and other alt right nonsense (FEMINAZIS CENSORING VIDEOGAMES??).

Makes zero fucking sense because I watch videos that are 'progressive'. Why would I click those videos?

Also my YT history is generally either watching cute animal videos, music videos, or Giantbomb. So...

ZiggyPalffyLA said:

It might be based on your browsing history as a whole, so idk what kinda sites you're visiting...

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Nah, they just have terrible recommendations.

Cam said:

Which apps do you use to block channels? And is that for PC or available on mobile as well ?

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I just use Video Blocker. It seems to be on Chrome and FireFox.

99 percent of my watch history is of progressive people saying progressive things, 1 percent is morbid curiosity, the result? Constant alt-right recommendations up the wazoo.

Or at least block users properly. Disqus does it better.

I wish you could because id block those fucking annoying ass gamer channels that spoil every signle new game release on day 1 with their shitty thumbnail and spoiler titles and that youtube loves to shove up my feed even if I never watch a single one of them

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99 percent of my watch history is of progressive people saying progressive things, 1 percent is morbid curiosity, the result? Constant alt-right recommendations up the wazoo.

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Youtube won't be satisfied until you've gone Full Nazi

Im so damn sick of videos from "3 Buck Theater" and similar being suggested daily,

I absolutely hated TLJ but im so sick of
"Kennedy _______"
"SJWs ruin _______"
"feminists _______"

I watched a freaking Gotham review by "Diversity & Comics" back before I had even heard of that channel and now I can't escape that BS being everywhere on YouTube.

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If you click on the 3 little dots on the video recommendation, then -> not interested -> tell us why -> i'm not interested in this channel, doesn't that hide it from your recommendations, essentially blocking the channel?

I've only used it a few times, but when i have I've never had that channel show up again.

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For a short amount of time maybe,
That channel typically starts showing back up quickly.

I've done it to 3 buck theater multiple times and videos will start showing up in suggested again within a week.

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The alt right shit is STILL showing up on the sidebar in my recommends. Im getting fucking tired of it. I don't know what the fuck I could be watching thats triggering that garbage except gaming videos. And I think that might actually be it, which is depressing. But yeah, I would love to start mass blocking channels wholesale.

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Click on the 3 : next to the video and then Not Intrested.

That will stop these kind of videos from
Appearing

"ANITA SARKEESIAN IS AT IT AGAIN!!!"

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Click on the 3 : next to the video and then Not Intrested.

That will stop these kind of videos from
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Not always

Youtube has no reason to provide that tho.

Hell, Youtube doesn't even take care of their actual content providers. (Well, save for the shitty ones.)

Yeah, sometimes YouTube recommends channels full of rants about "SJWs" to me. Thanks, but just because I watch thoughtful videos about social issues and LGBT topics in media from time to time, it doesn't mean I'm looking to see deranged sexually frustrated neckbeards spew hate at women and minorities.

Youtube algorithm is FUCKED. Whenever I watch a video from Three Arrows, HBomberguy, Shaun, Contrapoints, etc... Youtube starts showing me videos of the alt right. Completely stupid shit like "SJWs getting destroyed" or "Jordan Peterson dismantles feminism calmly" and plenty of disgusting shit like that.

youtube is fully alt right, must be the most popular content and most active userbase if theyre trying to shove it to everyone

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youtube is fully alt right, must be the most popular content and most active userbase if theyre trying to shove it to everyone

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I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that the algorithm has started recommending me Boogie telling me what I should think about Anita Sarkeesian on the h3h3 podcast.

That's what I get for clicking on a Death Battle the 3% of the time I'm not clicking on Easy Allies, Double Toasted, and, like, Lindsay Ellis.

Stop recommending me videos about shitting on feminists, YouTube. I haven't watched any of them before, I'm not sure where you got the impression that I want to watch them.

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Yeah, I frequently find myself wishing for the option to do it to entire channels instead of individual videos. Some of the shit that gets recommended is fucking vile.

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This.
I watch some Kirby videos, that doesnt mean I want to watch GG crazy shit.

this shit is skynet

there isn't a human being on planet earth who knows how it works

skynet just loves burning sjws

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youtube is fully alt right, must be the most popular content and most active userbase if theyre trying to shove it to everyone

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Yeah. Can't go in a comment section without them.

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Youtube algorithm is FUCKED. Whenever I watch a video from Three Arrows, HBomberguy, Shaun, Contrapoints, etc... Youtube starts showing me videos of the alt right. Completely stupid shit like "SJWs getting destroyed" or "Jordan Peterson dismantles feminism calmly" and plenty of disgusting shit like that.

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Yep, exactly. It frustrates me every damn time. Now YouTube is constantly recommending h3h3 podcast hot takes to me.

I dont buy that it's just an algorithm that's "listening" to the words of the videos I watch which often cover alt right topics like Contrapoints or hbomberguy do, because there are plenty of decent leftist channels I don't listen to that it should recommend first if that's the case.

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Surely theres an extension out there that allows for this?

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Video blocker is one option.

Whales said:

I wish you could because id block those fucking annoying ass gamer channels that spoil every signle new game release on day 1 with their shitty thumbnail and spoiler titles and that youtube loves to shove up my feed even if I never watch a single one of them

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These make my blood boil. I waited like a decade to play FFXV and I got a huge spoiler from one of these fucking channels. I almost had God of War 2018 spoiled for me too, but I was able to look away fast enough. They're the worst.

Yep, the algorithm is really trying to push nazi propaganda down everyone's throats. For now whenever I see one of them in my recommendations I click the menu button beside it and then Report the video as hateful and abusive content. I think that somewhat quickly tunes the content you get served to avoid those channels - or outright stops recommending that particular channel to you. Works pretty well either way since I watch a lot of political debates and haven't been seeing that much alt-reich content around since applying this practice whereas I used to get it literally all the time as soon as I had viewed a video with "feminism" in the title.

I dont know how many times i have to tell YT i want nothing to do with cleanpricegaming until it stops popping up for me.

There's a Firefox add-on called Iridium that has this feature plus a bunch of others

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There's a Firefox add-on called Iridium that has this feature plus a bunch of others

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This. I use a Greasemonkey script version of it (for my older Firefox version), and it's wonderful. Blocks channels, blocks ads (except for subscriptions, if you want), adds all kinds of nice features. :-)

"Ben Shapiro DESTROYS protesting liberals"

"x game didn't just die, IT WAS MURDERED"

People like cleanprincegamer and downward thrust are actively dumbing down the gaming community.

I watched a single episode regarding Xbox emulation from some dude with a few thousand subs, once.

I had to remove his content from my recommendations for so fucking long.

Also with I could remove certain channels I watch, but don't sub to since they get into the recommended however it's not really what I'm after... that's my own fault admittedly.

I ended up turning Watch History off. I would constantly get moved onto Home Theatre Geeks calibrating a TV. Infuriating.

100% with you, OP. Some type of block feature should be built-in on Youtube, Twitch, and every other service like it.

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If you click on the 3 little dots on the video recommendation, then -> not interested -> tell us why -> i'm not interested in this channel, doesn't that hide it from your recommendations, essentially blocking the channel?

I've only used it a few times, but when i have I've never had that channel show up again.

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This is what I use and it's worked out pretty well so far. I actually get decent recommendations....sometimes....kind of.

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Youtube algorithm is FUCKED. Whenever I watch a video from Three Arrows, HBomberguy, Shaun, Contrapoints, etc... Youtube starts showing me videos of the alt right. Completely stupid shit like "SJWs getting destroyed" or "Jordan Peterson dismantles feminism calmly" and plenty of disgusting shit like that.

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Yeah. After having seen ONE Starwars Solo review on there. Just one. And a good one mind you. And in french. I was drowned under a shit-ton of shit click-baity videos clearly attacking SJW and Kathleen Kennedy.

For one single video, i suffered a pollution of crap for a full month.

I'm now good since i'm in a Critical Role Campaign 1 marathon and thus am swimming in a sea of Critical Role highlights. Wich i'm perfectly fine with.