Judge Yuri 👩🏻‍⚖️Mar 27

Oh! I see... So, now if you're subscribed to a YouTube channel and they do a collaboration, with a different channel, it appears on your Subscription feed. Like, even if you had no idea the other channel existed.

All right, ok, that's neat-o.

#TodayILearned #TIL

Show threadGullekoMar 27
@Yuriel Most of the time it's neat, but I unsubscribed from a channel that does good video essays because they use the collaboration feature to shove their fucking podcast channel into my feed. I do not want to listen to your horrifying current events/politics podcast. 
Show threadJudge Yuri 👩🏻‍⚖️Mar 27

@Gulleko Ah ha! The other shoe drops.

Yeah, what Youtube REALLY fucking needs is a way to block channels.

It's been what? Two decades, and still no such feature.

(Now that I think about it, they will never do it. They don't want you to control what you see.)

Show threadAmbient SpongeMar 27

@Yuriel @Gulleko I'm using a third party client that lets me block YouTube channels but only in certain sections.

I don't know if that functionality that YouTube has or if it's the app.

Show threadGullekoMar 27
@retrosponge @Yuriel Youtube does have a block feature (buried deep in people's channel info last time I checked), but it only stops them from seeing and interacting with you, it doesn't stop them from showing up in your feed.
Show threadAmbient SpongeMar 27

@Gulleko @Yuriel This option in smart tube that I use on my Fire TV can block channels and it will never come up in the suggestions again.

The only problem is if you're searching for something and find horrible channels you can't block them from there. Which is frustrating because if I'm searching for a movie trailer, if I come across reaction videos, I will block every single fucking channel that does one if I can.

Show threadGullekoMar 27
@retrosponge That does seem useful, but it not being a feature of the search seems like an oversight. But I mostly use the subscriptions feed and only go to the algorithm home feed when I run out of the videos I actually asked for. 😅
Show threadAmbient SpongeMar 27
@Gulleko I am subscribed to so much shit. But I don't want to unsubscribe in case the channel post something good and I wind up missing it.😂
Show threadGulleko
@retrosponge Same. For example I'm subbed to the LRR livestream vod channel, but I only watch a few of them. But I can't risk missing Watch+Play! 😂
Mar 27 at 4:14amWeb
Show threadAmbient SpongeMar 27
@Gulleko I do skip a bunch of their content, but yeah, I can't unsubscribe.😂