• Gil Wanderley
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    134 days ago

    And that is why I only open videos about topics I am only mildly interested on or from controversial channels in incognito mode even though I actually pay for ad-free YouTube Premium.

    On my defense, that is the only streaming service I pay for.

    • @Agent641@lemmy.world
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      84 days ago

      TFW you forget to wear protection when clicking on a weird video and you permanently scar your algorithm. You try to heal it, but days or weeks later, you are showing your boss a video on marine grade industrial sealant and Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club shows up in your recommended videos and you have to lie and say you have no idea what it is. When he is gone, you play it again.

      • ObjectivityIncarnate
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        14 days ago

        clicking on a weird video and you permanently scar your algorithm.

        It’s trivial to delete individual videos from your watch history, even moreso if you just saw it. Doing so makes it as if you never clicked on it in the first place.