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Comment by grumbel | Hacker News Reader

Did that dislike button ever do anything? It made a number go up, but other than that I have never seen any effect of it. If you want to make bad channels go away, hit the three-dots next to the video on the recommendation side and click "Not Interested".

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It helped a lot with how to/tutorial videos. When looking for a solution I could see at first glance if I'm watching correct video. If there was more dislikes than likes I could tell straight away to not follow this suggestions.

That sounds wonderful except that it works about as well as the voice on my Google assistant understanding anything beyond simplistic questions and answers. I’ve attempted to train YouTube repeatedly since the appearance of “not interested” that I’m not interested in violence. If I wanted this much violence, I could have gotten it for free. At least with Google assistant I can scream expletives and insults at the ai and get some satisfaction that the qa retrospective will be amusing for those stuck working there. I mean, does ai really deserve respect when it is so poorly designed?

The list of "not interested" is also limited to 100 entries. Once you've reached that limit the oldest entries get removed.

It's a pointless feature at this point if you ask me.

Are you logged in? I don't ever see violent videos on YouTube. It seems to suggest what I like to watch. If you aren't logged in, it will pickup on what other people in your household are watching.

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