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submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

X appears to be juicing MrBeast’s views to woo the YouTuber to the platform, pushing video upload into users’ feeds as an unlabeled ad::undefined

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[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago

If MrBeast leaves YouTube I will consider that a win. I am so tired of see his gaping jaw open on my front page for his stupid stunts and his stupid candybars.

HE'LL BE BACK, THEY ALWAYS COME BACK

[-] 13esq@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

You know you can set channels to "not interested" and "don't recommend channel", right?

[-] victoitor@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 10 months ago

It's not permanent, even if you click on "don't recommend channel". After a while, YouTube will ignore your choice and show it to you again if it feels like it.

[-] 13esq@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

We're clearly doing something different because I never get Mr Beats recommend.

[-] victoitor@lemmy.eco.br 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's based on your viewing history.

You can run a little experiment to verify this if you want. Take some subject you usually watch and take some channel your have interest in (and you will keep watching similar videos). Set that channel as "don't recommend channel". After a while (never calculated how long), you'll get recommendations of that channel again.

I also don't get Mr Beast recommendation as I don't watch similar content, but there are channels I need to keep blocking since I like the subject but not those channels in particular.

I was mostly just saying that the "don't recommend channel" approach is not a solution for everyone.

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