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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

They don't. I kept getting recs from channels I tried that with. Altright/manosphere shit.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    They definitely do because my recommendations are squeaky clean 98% of the time and those buttons, along with not clicking on shit that I think will poison my feed are the main tools I use to keep things clean.

    One thing to keep in mind is that YT makes changes to their algorithm every once in a while. For me, that typically manifests as sports channels, especially the NFL, or political stuff making their way into my feed. A few clicks of those buttons and I'm back to normal.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    I've repeatedly gotten recommended the same channel I told it I wasn't interested in.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    All I can give you is an anecdote about my own experience. In said experience I've not had any non-starter issues with those two tools. They work for me until Youtube changes its algorithm.

    This is why I mentioned the NFL channel as an example. It's my canary in the coalmine of Youtube. When the NFL channel (among other sports related channels) pops back up on my feed, I know that YouTube has changed something in the algorithm.

    I just click Not Interested and Don't Recommend Channel and away it goes for another year or so until they make another change. Simple as.

    I've curated a recommendation feed that is highly specific to my interests as a result. Not sure why that method wouldn't work for you.

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