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Youtubes recommendations are terrible but occasionally I find some good things. Firehosing my videos subs this way has not made the experience any better

I tend to have a really bad habit of subbing things I dont really need too. I used subbing more as a way to "bookmark" channels I like. I do the same with github, I am that type of person that 700ish repos bookmarked

I do put alerts on channels I know won't constantly spam me with too many videos (e.g. smarter everyday, wendover productions, mark rober, tom scott, primitive technology). Usually i watch every video that gets released there

I dont put alerts on channels that are good quality but high spam (e.g. casey neistat, tested, vsauce, etc). Normally i just binge watch these in one setting.

I dont put alerts on any programming or shiny tech channels. Like tutorials on how to use react, etc. I go to youtube to get away from all of that and would naturally seek those videos out with search terms anyhow.

I put a like button on every video ive watched that doesnt suck and leave comments to timestamp videos. I put dislike on videos that are poorly explained or didntt work for me (e.g. these are usually how to install xyz videos). This way i can instantly know if I've seen a video before ans found it useful or had to debug something years later (IT type stuff) to find it didnt work out

If i liked a video i check the top comment if its mine.

Basically I use google and youtube as my own personal search repository. Its like forking a github repo and adding annotations. I treat it the same way. If im going to 9 times out of 10 google something in the end, i might as well make the process easier to do next time.

Im still looking for a better UX youtube experience that doesnt suck. Havent found it yet.

How i would like to have it is organized by the following.

1. High quality videos low spam first uptop in feed.

2. Everything else sorted by its video category type and or playlist

3. General recommendations from youtube