Buage_
youtube shorts bingo
Feb 18 at 1:13pmWeb
Show threadremonFeb 18

Add this to your uBlock:

!death to #shorts youtube.com##:matches-path(/)a#thumbnail[href*="/shorts"]:upward(7) youtube.com##:matches-path(/)a#endpoint[title*="Shorts"] youtube.com##h2>span:has-text(Shorts):upward(7)
Show threadhomesFeb 18
What does this do? I’d like to know, specifically, before I add some random code from the Internet into my ad blocker.
Show threadAxolotlFeb 18
It removes shorts, just read it
Show threadtiramichuFeb 18

Blocks shorts.

uBlock filters use a modified form of CSS selectors to determine what parts of a page to hide.

If you know vaguely how CSS selectors work you can infer that the filter definition is matching on youtube.com and is finding an element whose title property is shorts - so it seems to be doing an appropriate thing.

The important part is that uBlock filters are not executable; you can’t inject a malicious executable through one, as they are simply patterns which describe what parts of a page should be hidden, and hiding content is all they can do.

The worst that a filter could do is hide something that shouldn’t be hidden.

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Show threadhomesFeb 18
thank you very much. this is exactly what I wanted to know ;)
Show threadremonFeb 18
It removes short-videos from the main page and search results, as well as removing the link from the menu.
Show threadexpatriadoFeb 18
thanks, when i press top-right X on shorts on YT, they just go away for a while… why not forever TY? why you have to keep insisting?
Show threadtiramichuFeb 18

Because they want you to watch shorts. They know that people who watch shorts are the most brainrotted on the platform, and the ones who will keep scrolling and watching video after video, and seeing ad after ad, and those are the users YouTube wants all other users to be like.

And so they will push shorts in your face again and again no matter how much you say no, because they think eventually they’ll break you.

The close button is just a temporary placebo to make it feel like you’re the one in control.

You’re not the one in control.

Show threadBuage_Feb 18
ty
Show threadCantaloupeFeb 19
I like YouTube shorts though. Better than Tiktok.
Show threadremonFeb 19
Then get out of my comment thread.
Show threadAnarki_Feb 19

This doesn’t do anything for me.

Do I add it in My filters?

Show threadremonFeb 19

Yes.

I wrote that myself, using Firefox on macOS, it might not work in other browsers (though it should generally work in firefox and chrome across platforms). It probably doesn’t work on mobile.

Show threadHappyFrogFeb 18
I have disabled history on youtube, so I only get shorts from people I’m subscribed to, and they are mostly very enjoyable. You can often get through all new shorts in about 30 mins before you start seeing repeats.
Show threadwewbullFeb 18

I decided to play a game

Show threadBuage_Feb 18
lmao
Show threadsome_random_nickFeb 19
Here is mine
Show threadlime!Feb 18
i only get dogs :3
Show threadBjörnFeb 18
Aren’t your shorts made from stuff you watch? This should be a reflection of your own history, OP.
Show threadyermawFeb 18

I think at some point it just decides youre getting brainrot.

My toddler is responsible for about 99% of my youtube shorts viewing. I ask for a topic, it shows me about 5 relevant videos in a row, and then skibidis the tungtung.

Never have I ever seen it show my toddler anything I’m even remotely interested in.

Show threadsome_random_nickFeb 19
Indeed. If you ever scroll past the first 10-15 shorts that are based on stuff you watch, it becomes pure hell.
Show threadanomnomFeb 19
Yeah except ads are missing from this. I’ve been getting shitloads of the white haired guy that’s clearly not a doctor telling my to avoid canola oil or some shit.
Show threadAnarki_Feb 18
I’d add BeamNG with AI voiceover.
Show threadfinallymadeanaccountFeb 19
There are more than a few shorts blocking extensions out there.
Show threadsome_random_nickFeb 19
You could probably just add one line into uBlock’s filter list and be done with it. Might require updating after a while, but still less of a security risk than a random ass extension.
Show threadcmeuFeb 19
“Chat”
Show threaddaellatFeb 19
POV: (it’s not POV)
Show threadZILtoid1991Feb 19
Where’s the VTuber one?
Show threadhelpImTrappedOnlineFeb 19
You can check off brainrott with any other of those categories.