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YouTube, what is this update?Discussion (self.youtube)

submitted by Ultimater3333

I'm not sure if anyone else is having the same issues as me, but my YouTube front page is horrific now. As if, over night, YouTube was turned from something I happily paid premium for, to just... im not even sure.

First thing I noticed was the sudden appearance of mixes. I usually saw a couple recommended here or there, but now? It's about a solid 50/50 split between actual content and simply mixes of randomly generated content, some of which may seem new or interesting, but most of them I have absolutely no interest in. Which brings us to..

Second, Why can I no longer say im not interested in mixes? Get these God awful, algorithm generated things off my page. At this point, you're trying to become yet another social media site so hard that you're going to push people who were paying customers into unsubscribing because...

Third, almost every single video on my entire homepage, no matter the sheer amount of scrolling, isn't relevant in any way. We're talking wide swathes of videos, all of which I've basically seen already as far back as FOURTEEN years ago. Why can I no longer simply be shown new videos from content creators I'm interested in without having to scroll through piles of mixes and old videos/content I've never shown interest in?

I'm just sad. Hopefully someone will be able to explain this isn't actually the update, just a multitude of bugs all rolled out at once unintentionally. But if this is the future the site is headed in; one of trying to copy every other popular social media site until nothing is left but a shell trying to recapture former glory, I'll gladly take my money elsewhere.

Thanks for listening to my rant, have a wonderful day.

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[–]malamammoth 36 points37 points  (6 children)

why are all of the comments hidden by default for me? downvote bots?

[–]Ultimater3333[S] 14 points15 points  (2 children)

I'm not sure, but I noticed every comment got a few down votes right after posting. Maybe like the other user said, downvote bots?

[–]malamammoth 9 points10 points  (0 children)

reddit is so weird

[–]Jenny_Wakeman9CorpTube™: You're demontized for saying "fuck" in 1.275 seconds 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I guess so. I've been noticing that a lot recently on here, too.

[–]Bowling_pins_10 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Might depend on subreddit settings too, something only mods have access to

[–]thebluebeats 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah weird af

[–]Pexagent 24 points25 points  (2 children)

Yeah, I used to click on basically all of my recommended videos as they always seemed interesting, but with this update I have to actually search for something decent.

[–]mumooshka 7 points8 points  (1 child)

recommended videos are always videos that I recently watched

[–]zakplaysperc 17 points18 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU!! OMG it took me scrolling past an Ad, Podcast Premier Ad, Shorts, news, Shorts again, ANOTHER Ad, video with 30 views, Hip Hop Mix, SHORTS AGAIN, ANOTHER PREMIER AD, ANOTHER. AD. TWO MORE MIXES BACK TO BACK. ONE LAST PREMIER. To Finally get to a video that I've ALREADY watched.

Wtf

5 hour edit: looks like something was reverted? Looks back to normal, for now..

[–]Ok_Criticism452 16 points17 points  (6 children)

This is why I just stick to viewing my subscription thing instead of the home page. It is the only thing that does not make Youtube try to force crap I don’t care about in my face.

[–]paulmccalfknee 0 points1 point  (4 children)

man, i've had my account for maybe over a decade, there's hundreds subscriptions from people i do not even watch anymore, so this isn't even an option for me.

[–]Kanzuke 5 points6 points  (2 children)

you could try unsubscribing from them

[–]paulmccalfknee 2 points3 points  (1 child)

that would take me way too long, but thanks. the mixes & all are gone now for me.

[–]Fireheart318s_Redditwww.youtube.com/c/Fireheart318 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same

[–]IhateusernamesUggh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Subscription page doesn't show every new video. I'm subscribed only to a handful of people I actually am friends with in real life, so I know when they have new videos, and they don't show up on my subscription page. I just assumed it has to be a big channel that You Tube makes money off of to get on the subscriptions page, I don't know.

[–]invadergold123 13 points14 points  (1 child)

It was perfectly fine for me last night but now I’m experiencing the exact same thing.

Also why are all these comments collapsed/hidden with either 1 upvote or 0 lol tf goin on here too.

[–]MeiLei- 10 points11 points  (2 children)

i’m just subscribed to so many people i never have an irrelevant homepage

[–]NtheLegend 7 points8 points  (1 child)

Yep. I'm subscribed to hundreds of channels. I never see MrBeast or any of that stuff unless it's a video essay about the pratfalls of capitalism.

[–]MeiLei- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

are we the same person??

[–]tjizness 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm with you, I was literally talking to my wife about it yesterday morning. Got myself worked up. They're a freakin joke man. For me it's the mixes, the awful suggestions and just showing the same ole videos I've seen. It's most certainly not the same, it's been in a rapid decline ever since they took the dislike button away. I'm not saying this is the reason but I never had these problems prior to that time period. Jokes on my ass for still paying for premium but have you seen regular YT? It's disgusting, it looks like a sketchy ass website page with all the ads. It used to be great, new and related suggestions with a mix or two sprinkled in. Now it's mix, already watched, mix, already watched, oh you said not interested? I don't care here's the suggestion again. I have the ability to make a playlist, if i wanted a mix, ill make one. Definitely worsened in the past year. The devs really are disgusting, or whoever is making these decisions.

[–]Charger2950 21 points22 points  (1 child)

All I know is if YouTube and video creators don’t stop pushing these stupid TikTok “Shorts,” I’m cancelling premium and going to another video service. I’m on the YouTube app on an Apple TV and 75% of my subscription feed is now these lazy and stupid Shorts. If I wanted that, I’d go to TikTok.

[–]mumooshka 5 points6 points  (0 children)

On the computer you can get an extension which eradicates YT shorts. They have been found by creators to be more profitable for them... but I have seen some creators put ten videos in a row. Hence I unsub from them.

Still looking for an extension that works on my android

[–]Nova1395 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've been having this problem for the past month. I actually believe I was probably part of a "soft test" of this new content suggestion algorithm, as everybody is now reporting to see the same trash I've been getting suggested to since last month. The only new addition that I'm seeing today is that now Google seems to be incorporating my google searches into my YouTube recommendations. For instance, I watch a lot of movies and TV - not through YouTube, but through Plex, Hulu, HBO, etc.

I'll Google an episode or a movie that I'm watching if there's an actor that I want to see what other movies or shows that I've seen them in, and I'll click on the IMDB link. The next day, there's suggestions on my YouTube page for whatever movie or show I looked up.

I watch Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Plex. I looked up an episode because there was an actor that seemed familiar, but I couldn't place them. Turns out they're in another show we watched a couple years ago. Well, now there's 3 suggestions on my YouTube page for Brooklyn Nine-Nine related content.

Fuck off.

I showed my girlfriend The Cloverfield Paradox the other day because she didn't believe it could be that terrible - and in which, she recognized an actor but couldn't place him - I looked up the movie, and found the actor through IMDB. Today there's suggestions for The Cloverfield Universe.

This is also intertwined with fucking trash suggestions I don't give a flying fuck about, have never watched the channels, never watched that category, and never fucking looked up. Why the fuck is YouTube suggesting makeup tutorials by James Charles. Why are they suggesting dramabait sorority channels to me. Why the fuck are they suggesting WWE wrestling smackdown videos to me. Why the fuck are they suggesting Minecraft and Fortnite videos to me. The only thing that these suggestions have in common is I HAVE NEVER WATCHED ANY OF THOSE CREATORS OR CATEGORIES. Fuck off youtube.

To quell any "BUHT IT COULHD B UR ISP IF SOMEONE ELSE IZ WATCHING ON UR WIFI" - there's two people in this household. I know my girlfriend doesn't watch anything like those channels either. There's nobody else on our network - all devices need to be approved by me in order to join my network. Eat shit, this is YouTube's trash suggestions.

The only content that they WILL suggest that's RELEVANT is videos I've already seen. Last week, last month, 6 years ago, fucking trash. If I scroll down, it'll just show me 20 videos from one creator that I've watched recently.

Either the algorithm team got a lobotomy, or they're in dire need of one.

Fuck youtube.

[–]BeACogIntheMachine 6 points7 points  (1 child)

I cant even scroll now. I get 50 vids and have to refresh, but when i refresh i still get the same videos but in different order.

[–]2tonetrance 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this! Lost the ability to infinitely scroll!

[–]steve40yt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't know. I don't expect anything good from YT. Susan left, but another totally weird person took her place. The guy pushed Youtube NTF-s, as far as I know. Buckle up, things get even worse for YouTubers very soon.

[–]jd52995 7 points8 points  (7 children)

Are you sure you didn't reset your watch history like I did? Or you logged out?

[–]goldminevelvet 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah I noticed this as soon as the old CEO left. My homepage is recommending me videos from years ago. Like 7 year old videos are showing up from channels I'm subbed to.

I was also listening to music and like 3 playlists of the same "type" was shown. One was like "AFIdecemberunderground playlist", "AFI playlist" and "AFI summer shudder playlist" It's been so bad and I don't feel like watching anything lol.

Even getting some bizarre recommendations like stuff for ADHD. I've never looked up that stuff let alone on YT.

[–]LittleDizzyGirl 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this is from a recent update. For the last few months, my husband's watch page has had a ton of 7-12 year old videos on it. Never have we ever watched a Shakira video, but some 12-year old Shakira video was at the top

[–]MrMrRubic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

because they're not Mixes they're Stations. Somehow different, and YouTube hates us, thus forcing that shit on us.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Third, almost every single video on my entire homepage, no matter the sheer amount of scrolling, isn't relevant in any way. We're talking wide swathes of videos, all of which I've basically seen already as far back as FOURTEEN years ago. Why can I no longer simply be shown new videos from content creators I'm interested in without having to scroll through piles of mixes and old videos/content I've never shown interest in?

I can relate to this so hard. Youtube used to be a place where you can just open the app get something you're interested in and watch. Now it's just scrolling to find the content I need

[–]No-Store2875ElyasTPG 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I found out that my homepage was filled with mixes and videos I don't care about or I've seen or completely unrelated to the ones I'm watching. Now, my homepage is back to normal

[–]Lefthandpath_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just came here for this reason.

Don't know what's happened, but I've logged in this morning and my video recommendations are completely different to what I would usually get. There's a bunch of trash on there that I'm not even interested in and half the channels/content that i used to get recommended arent showing up anymore.

Seems like they changed something in the algorithm and made it way worse.

[–]philnolan3d 6 points7 points  (3 children)

Are you sure you're not just on a different "tab"? I found myself on "New To You" recently and just set it back to All and it was fine.

[–]Ultimater3333[S] 9 points10 points  (2 children)

I did, it was a glitxh apparently as it has been fixed now. But a lot of us were experiencing the same issue for our All page.

[–]repocin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this happened to me as well and it sure was annoying. Seems to be back to normal now though.

[–]IhateusernamesUggh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not fixed. Been going on for months. Still is.

[–]ChosenMateyourchannel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Same here, especially the homepage being filled with videos I don't care about or which I already watched

[–]datagaynalyst 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I came here looking for exactly this issue. It had a mix with The Gentle Men (MoistCritikal's meme music videos) paired with... Linkin Park's new song and Polyphia?? What the fuck? I'm so confused. My page is literally 50% mixes right now and 25% videos I've already watched or videos that are super old, nothing new.

[–]1kAndyRust 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cancelled premium until they fix this. The app is useless now.

[–]jsmith189 6 points7 points  (2 children)

“some recommendations are influenced by what other viewers (who watched the same content as you) are interested in. note that you can also manage what’s suggested to you by following the steps here ➡️” the intern running YouTube support’s Twitter was about as helpful as I thought they would be lol.

[–]Ultimater3333[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

"My boss says I should tell you this or I'll get fired. Good luck to us all."

[–]jsmith189 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“we've confirmed that this issue is also happening w/ other creators & we're looking into it. thanks for your patience” - well, that’s something!

[–]Adventurous_Dance799 6 points7 points  (0 children)

IT’S FIXED EVERYONE!!! REFRESH YOUR SCREENS!!!

[–]Nintendo_Thumb 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Looks the same as always here, nothing out of the ordinary. But the front page has always been garbage, you have to click the subscriptions button to see anything good.

[–]Lefthandpath_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm subbed to hundreds if not thousands of channels I'm interested in, I always sub to stuff I enjoy.

When I logged in this morning there is a bunch of crap I'm not interested in/have never seen before on my home page, half the stuff I'm used to seeing on there is gone completely. I watch a lot of gaming/vtuber/streaming related stuff and it's mostly all gone. I also watch a lot of True Crime stuff and there are literally zero recommendations for this on my home page now.

I'm getting recommended random channels like "modern goldsmith" and Mark Rober videos which i have never watched before. There's videos about antique musical instruments like some "Glass Armonica" video by a channel called Rob Scallon for example, no idea why these are there.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They just nerfed the subscriptions list (at least on web, in the UK) to tiny and sad. That's my quality filter, too. Sad panda.

[–]M0nsterjojo 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Everyone. Please remember that A LOT is going on with YouTube right now (I ain't making excuses, I'm just stating what I know and speculate). Google itself is in a MAJOR lawsuit with the US gov RN, Canada is trying to pass a bill that promotes more Canadian content shown to Canadians, and they also already have laws which limit non Canadian content from entering the country if there's already a Canadian equivalent, they just "lost" their CEO of 8+ years, and one of the worst possible candidates in majority of peoples minds RN is replacing her. A LOT is changing, so the system's wack RN. Best bet is to just stick to the subscription section. <3

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm sure YouTube will release SUPER PREMIUM soon that allows you to get a better homepage. Only 10 dollars more per month and it will look like it use to look like previously for free.

[–]dante25312 3 points4 points  (0 children)

im so glad it’s not just me lol the homepage is destroyed and it was perfectly fine before i went to sleep last night

[–]spacewalk__ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

companies love making things worse for shitty reasons

[–]asijkay 4 points5 points  (2 children)

damn it's not just me. my biggest problem is that my homepage is just end, like 10 videos i can't scroll anymore.

[–]gothiclg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m lucky if I get more than 4

[–]BeACogIntheMachine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here

[–]ipacklunchesbod 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Glad that it's not only a 'me' issue. My recommendations are filled with playlists, under 1 min videos, and more ads than I've ever seen on the app.

[–]Cameltoesuglycousin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh what the fuck… mine too :(

[–]Playboylover69k 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep, shows me so many videos I’ve already watched for whatever reason. Whoever changes the algorithm really has a boot up his ass

[–]SpyClaww 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I keep seeing mixes and videos I have already watched, there are no actual new videos

[–]Supreme_Kraken 7 points8 points  (2 children)

I can see porn thumbnails in 10 seconds from a single normal search but they’re soooo concentrated and concerned with pushing algo content that even those god-awful recommendations can lead to far-(political) content and porn. TOTAL success, THATS what we want viewers to be introduced to but only when it’s been on the platform for 5 years alread- GET THAT PERSON AND KILL THEIR CHANNEL BECAUSE THEY they.. they did the wrong(!!!) thing! :0 I’m so glad users can’t dislike content or say they aren’t interested in this dog cause THE ALGOOOSSS whoooohooo

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i hope you report them

[–]mumooshka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd be taking snapshots and posting on Twitter youtube page

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m getting the same thing weird

[–]IamCrumpets 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I came here to see if it was just me, the videos they are recommending me is the same. All mixes and 10 year old videos.

[–]Ultimater3333[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly in my boat too, seems like this was something pushed out by youtube.

[–]TruRisk 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I know! I discovered this too and I am beyond frustrated! These mixes are filling up my screen and I don't ever watch music videos so why are they there?!

Plus I found a lot of the videos I was recommended were really old videos from the channels I watch like 4 or 3 years old and definitely ones I've watched.

Someone has broken anything good.

[–]Ultimater3333[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The old subbed channels being recommended was another thing I didn't mention. I mean, great that you're recommending these guys to me again, but they are both videos I've already seen as well as (typically) dead channels.

[–]ChillBackroomsMan 2 points3 points  (1 child)

As soon as we start complaining they make us appreciate the things we had, next thing we know they remove subscriptions then monetisation then the videos themselves.

[–]HumbleTurnip6399 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Loool 😂😂

[–]Throne-Eins 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything on my home page is suddenly 4+ years old, and it's pissing me off. They better fix this pronto. It's really aggravating.

[–]murdocnccls 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That also happened to me like i dont want to see my youtube music sh*t at my mainpage of Youtube and I also see the stuff i watched already its all a big chaos and it looks so amateur for such a big website…

[–]PresentationEarly357 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It freaked me out because whenever refreshing homepage, it kept showing mix, videos i watched before and the same videos right before refreshing. Wtf is going on?

[–]rosethorn137 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same

[–]iamaloserkid 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yeah same here. noticed it starting today. lot of mixes, repeated videos, videos totally irrelevant and the past weeks or so I also get recommendations from videos from random channels with like 80 views or something

[–]strongdad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Strange... I had just noticed all the mixes on my front page and then saw this thread a few minutes later. I did not see one suggested video that was worthy of a click.

[–]jsmith189 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Praying it’s just an error and it’ll go back to normal soon. How could this possibly be good?

[–]BombFrostings00 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having the same issue here. This literally happened overnight. Signing out does nothing too. :/

[–]tyler818 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My issue is i can see the same videos in recommendations over and over

Like 2 videos back and forth are seen 10 times straight

It’s gotta be a glitch

[–]lvndrhaze 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i’ve been trying to figure this out the past few hours, I use youtube everyday so hoping it’s not a permanent thing.. so damn annoying

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Anything that’s not a mix for me is either a 5 year old video or something I’ve already watched

[–]No_Article_5897 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Came to this sub just to see if it was just me. I really hope they fix this

[–]iAmnezzia 3 points4 points  (2 children)

UPDATE : It has been fixed for me

[–]jsmith189 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Me too. Whew.

[–]PresentationEarly357 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same

[–]Darkumbrellas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve noticed the irrelevant suggestions more than anything else on this list.

To give you an example, youtube now recommends me videos that I’ve already watched from 2 different YouTubers, and I can tell because I click on the video and the like button is already hit.

YouTube has censored its platform so much that it’s running out of “clean, family friendly content” to recommend in my feed, so it’s recycling videos now. It’s getting unbearable.

[–]Varmand84 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree, before if i started getting random stuff it was because i accidently clicked a video i didn't mean to, after a day or two it went away. As of a week ago i keep getting fed things that have nothing to do with anything i have ever shown interest in. Not only that, now when i click "don't show me content from the creator" it does nothing, i am still fed garbage from the exact same channel.

[–]Bowling_pins_10 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't think I have ever seen a "mix" on youtube. The closest I can think of is mashups.

[–]BronyTroop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For real, I didn't even know there was an update I just opened YouTube and had the same exact experience as you. A ton of mixes and videos that I had either already seen or had interacted in some way with before, not many new videos. I thought it was just the modded YouTube app I'm using that was the problem, but I opened the YouTube website and it was the same stuff. Hopefully someone fixes it.

[–]skech1080 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also terrible as of today for me

[–]SwampBoyy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fuck I was really hoping this was just some kind of glitch on my end, it’s literally become unusable overnight.

[–]Fancy-Strawberry-758 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Omg, I just posted here about this. WTF have they done???

[–]3Cees78 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Me too. Sometimes having to refresh up to 5 times before finding a single video I’d watch.

[–]loveandmonsters 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having the exact same issue. Lot of mixes and the "normal" stuff it's recommending me is either stuff I've seen before or old videos of channels I watch regularly, rather than any of their newer content. On top of random crap I have no interest in (which may be popular on YT but I really don't care about it). It's a mess. EDIT: IT'S FIXED NOW WOO

[–]krw13 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I thought I was going crazy. What the hell is this? Like, this is bad enough that I'll legit consider canceling my subscription if it isn't fixed quickly.

[–]Ultimater3333[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Completely agree with you there, the only way they'll listen is with their pockets.

[–]LurkerBigBangFan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My home feed is all terrible mixes. I’m glad I’m not the only one. Just started for me too.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My entire feed is just mixes now.... I am disgusted

[–]iAmnezzia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same here

[–]Fireheart318s_Redditwww.youtube.com/c/Fireheart318 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup. I thought something was up. Not happy about this.

[–]ChargedOtter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm kinda glad I'm not the only one but now I'm sort of pissed that this has happened. It's garbage now, youtube recommends old videos I've seen and sometimes videos that are 7 years old and older. I doubt there's a lack of content that suits my taste.

[–]thisis_an_account 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I’m having the exact same issue. Every recommended video is either a mix or video I’ve already watched

[–]DRL21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not getting any mixes - have been constantly in the past though - but I have been seeing on my home page videos I've watched already so it's frustrating becos I don't use my subscriptions page that much as the "home" option on YT.

[–]nightmareSM2007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am either being recommended videos that I have already watched or videos which are like 1 - 2 years old

[–]Squidward759 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let’s goo, it’s back to normal

[–]FreelancerPython 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's been bad since they changed that policy around graphic content and strong language. All of a sudden, I started getting tons of "brand safe" recommendations like the tonight show, just a bunch of shit I don't watch.

Please submit feedback to YouTube. Click not interested and then send them pictures of all the blank space on your homepage.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't have this problem. but somehow this new update has made half of YouTube Mobile setting gone and grey.

[–]RangeWilson 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Who knows. They're always messing with the algorithm.

You could also be lucky enough to be part of an experiment.

Mine is working the same as always, and I have no particular complaints.

[–]imbiandneedmonynow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

same as in random? i wish i could be content with random

[–]mermoonie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I came to Reddit to see if anyone else was having this problem. Every video is something I watched 3-even 12-14 years ago??? Listen, Rebecca Black is lovely and I’m so excited to see her career bloom in adulthood, but WHY would I want to see a MIX OF FRIDAY???? please YouTube, what is happening?!

[–]Fireheart318s_Redditwww.youtube.com/c/Fireheart318 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just refreshed the app and they seem to have reverted the changes. Unsure if it’s an anomaly or not, and if they really did change it back, I’m not sure if they just made a mistake or were forced to by people complaining

[–]journey_bro 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Is there a way to permanently get rid of shorts?

[–]TacticalToots 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yeah, my non-premium homepage is now an even split of music mixes (never listen to music on youtube), purchaseable movies (never watched a movie on youtube), random videos with < 100 views, ads, and shit I'm actually interested in.

Kinda sucks, was used to having fairly good recommendations but now it's garbage.

[–]Ultimater3333[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great, so it seems like they're wanting to sink the whole ship for everybody with this change. The recommendations at this point is not worth scrolling 5 minutes to maybe(?) see a newish release I may have missed the release of.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Holy shit thank god I’m not the only one encountering this I keep getting recommended mixes of songs I listened to years ago that I don’t find interest in anymore and it’s annoying me

[–]Ultimater3333[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

But are you sure you don't wanna listen to Low (Apple Bottom Jeans) from 16 years ago?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m SURE I don’t wanna listen to “rock compilation from 1968” ever again

[–]AdriftMusic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was just coming to see if anyone was talking about this. I now have no interest in the content being put in front of me.

[–]plsnostep69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm having the same issue, I used to shit for hours, now just minutes. Where's the new videos?

[–]notbunzy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same! My homepage is only old videos I’ve watched, new people I won’t ever watch, and mixes

[–]Rusted_Apple0203 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My homepage only has one mix, but it seems like the ENTIRE homepage was just erased. No community posts, no shorts (which is a good thing), nothing. Only 7 or 8 videos (all of which I've seen before) are there.

[–]Expensive_Hornet_197 1 point2 points  (0 children)

just opened the app with the same issue.. thought it was a glitch but it’s recommending me content that I’ve never been interested in as well as creators that I haven’t watched in years

[–]Eminu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

im having the same problem. whatever change they made in the latest update completely bricked the recommendation and really makes the user experience terrible

[–]thatguyjguy 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I, like many others have said, only came here to see if this was just a me problem and am glad it isn't. Its honestly making YouTube unbearable for me and its such a shame. Could this have to do with Susan being replaced, or is it just unrealistic that things would change so rapidly? Sorry if that's not what is happening or could be the issue, I'm a bit out if the loop just now.

[–]Outrageous_Thing1942 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank god that monstrosity is gone from my feed.

[–]SuperDababy2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was just about to complain about he recommended being so fucking bad

[–]edbods 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wait people actually pay for premium?

adblock + youtube shorts redirect extension (absolute life saver form this cancer) or even better, use one of the alternative youtube front ends that don't require nasa supercomputer levels of resources to compensate for shitty website design, like invidious or piped.video

[–]IhateusernamesUggh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. I get those stupid "mix" things full of horendous garbage no human eye should see. And other new problems. Every time I'm recommended yet another "She said yes!" or "Gender reveal party!" or "Our new house has WHAT?" kinds of videos I always click the 3 dots and then "do not recommend channel". But You Tube keeps sending me more of their stupid wannabe reality show videos. And years ago I blocked a guy a used to know but who ended up becoming a con artist stripper on Twitch, and his videos started appearing every day in my recommendations for a couple of months now. He should be banned. He sucks in kids with his "dad" themed channel calling it "wholesome" and then they go to his live stream and he strips for money. I don't want that on my page, You Tube!!!!! I told him years ago never to speak to me again and I certainly don't want him on my You Tube which is why I clicked "do not recommend channel"!!!!!!! And yeah, I hate those "shorts" too. I'm not wasting time to click on 30 seconds of how to steal from a vending machine, which yes is on my recommendations page right now as I type this.

[–]Rns4lyfe91 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't remove the mixes anymore and when you could, they kept adding them back to the home tab, wtf?!

[–]MisterSirDudeGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are “mixes”?

Everything is normal for me.

[–]hasanahmad 0 points1 point  (4 children)

You miss Susan yet ?

[–]gothiclg 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was getting this exact problem before she stepped down so no I don’t miss Susan, I miss years ago when they wanted a functional website

[–]Ultimater3333[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don't make me say it.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah cause that's how tech works

[–]Nintendo_Thumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no

[–]SilasGaming 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I have had the exact same problem, and because of this I've been bored all day.

A question I have for you is do you watch YouTube on your account or without being logged in? Because I watch YouTube without being logged in, but when I log in, the homepage seems to be as normal as it usually is.

Don't know what the hell this bug/update is supposed to bring us tho, to be honest

[–]mumooshka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was wondring if OP wasn't logged in too

[–]Connect_Bee_8464 0 points1 point  (1 child)

lol this is why I stopped and never will updating YouTube again

[–]ComfortableAd3148 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine is the same!!! All of my recommended is a ridiculous compilation of videos I’ve watched before. I was freaking out that no one was talking about this?

[–]Pstrych99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Point number three about stuffing the page full of videos we've already seen and then REMOVING our ability to at least use the limited pre-set packages of filter settings is a downgrade I can't believe they thought was a good idea.

How can such a rich company who hires top talent be so badly managed that time and again they have their customers curse them???

[–]HeavyMetalRabbit -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was only seeing videos I watched over a decade ago and like hundreds of mixes of videos I watched a decade ago. I am so annoyed I don’t know why they would ever think this was a good idea to do I hope it’s just a bug they’re planning on fixing bc the site is essentially unusable unless you know EXACTLY what you’re looking to watch.

[–]jancerblut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wake up to this, my homepage is unusable now

[–]dante25312 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it seems like the recently uploaded option on mobile for the homepage is pretty similar to the old homepage

[–]HarpFynn2030 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same

[–]KrLoSk8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I had the exact same issue, super weird behavior and I hate it.

[–]ViccySD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was wondering why its so fucked up all of a sudden

[–]Donny_Brooke 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Main page scrolling ends for me after about 50 videos. Just can scroll anymore. I’ve updated. I’ve deleted and reinstalled. I agree with most of this. It seems to be getting worse or at the very minimum not getting any better. Starting to question my Premium subscription for sure.

[–]Nova1395 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've noticed this has actually been implemented for a while - I've noticed it for the past couple months, if not longer. The first 20-30 suggestions are mixes of creators you've watched regularly/subscribed to, maybe some similar content to what you watch, and random garbage you have absolutely no interest in watching, and then what can be called "advertiser friendly content" that started popping up randomly (videos from creators you've never seen or watched, but have millions of views and are considered "popular" and "advertiser friendly") - and then I'll get a couple dozen videos that I've already seen, and then it stops.

Same thing, 50-100 videos - on the current page I've got pulled up, I've got 90 videos on the homepage. Of course, 30 of them I've already seen, and the other 30 is irrelevant and the other 30 is "barely" relevant.

On YouTube TV sometimes it will give me 20 recommendations - that's it. 4 categories, 5 videos each. Sometimes it'll populate with more, other times I say "welp, that's my sign to leave immediately"

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get Unhook as a chrome extension for YouTube you can remove almost anything you want including home feed, playlist, chats, end cards, everything it's a life saver if you're sick to the core of being recommended total CRAP from yt. Never use youtube on my phone anymore PURELY because of the horrible algorithm. Youtube SUUUUUCKS. lol.

[–]sameesunkaria 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had this yesterday. In some cases 9/10 of the top suggestions were mixes for me and the only video was one that I had watched.

It's mostly back to normal today.

[–]honkwoodcourt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know I'm not alone on this.

[–]GygaxWaterfall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only ever watch YouTube through my bookmarked subscription feed page.
It looks like @$$ now.
Tinny, eye-glass shaped thumbnails and a whole lot of empty space.

[–]Important-Argument97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every now and then a bunch of Chinese and Arabic language videos will fill my recommended randomly. I've never even clicked on a non English speaking video.

[–]LanDest021 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get a bunch of mixes, but they're all for music. That would be cool and all if I used YouTube for music (I don't)

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ONLY way I know how to remove youtubes SHIT is to download an extension for Chrome on pc called Unhook. You can get rid of their trashy asf playlists you can get rid of recommended videos it's absolutely bliss compared to using YouTube as is. I'm beginning to HATE YouTube with an intense passion. Sick of them being so deluded in thinking they know us well lol!!! Idiots. Thank FUCK for other companies making fixes. Youtube can honestly go to hell for all I care, they don't give af about us never have never will and they're all just evil assholes anyway.