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> "Five things you MUST do if you're doing this thing. You'd never guess #3!" It used to be everywhere and now it's nowhere.

Try opening YouTube in an incognito window sometime. Scrolling through a few, I see:

* Banned Amazon Products you NEED to See to Believe!

* This has NEVER Happened Before... (Severe Weather Channel)

* Our Dog got Married and had PUPPIES! THE MOVIE Emotional

* I WENT TO GHOST TOWN AND SOMETHING HEARTBREAKING...



Absolutely. I block at least three channels a week because YouTube keeps recommending clickbait titles and 'tuber face thumbnails.

Bonus points if said 'tuber is pointing at something with their hand and also a red arrow and/or circle which id also blurred out.

Intolerable.


Instead of blocking channels, trying going through your watch history and deleting anything you've watched in the past that's similar to those. YouTube heavily leans on your history for recommendations, so if it's recommending those, it's because you've watched related stuff.

My YouTube feed never recommends any of that garbage.


Okay, maybe YT is the exception, but some of them claim it's because the algorithm punishes otherwise.




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