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by water9 1044 days ago
Youtube needs a refresh suggestions button
3 comments
rypskar 1044 days ago
On the home screen, clicking the Youtube logo refreshes the suggestions. Or did I misunderstand and you want it in a different view?
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patmorgan23 1044 days ago
It think they mean more like "nothing on the home page looks interesting show different stuff". Sometimes YouTube will decide " I'm only going to recommend these 3 videos to you for the next month" or just misses the mark on the stuff I'm interested in watching
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water9 1044 days ago
I guess the Apple TV app leaves something to be desired but then again.. that makes total sense for Google / Chromecast
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LegitShady 1044 days ago
Youtube consistently forgets that I watched a video just a few days ago (no red line on the bottom of the thumbnail), and will suggest it over and over until you manually go to click on the ignore. Even recently they had a “suggest new” button on top near the “interests” buttons that would appear there, but I haven’t seen it for several weeks or maybe longer.

Youtube will also randomly switch a video I’m watching to 480p even though I pay for premium.

Their suggestion algorithm is also pretty bad to me, although maybe it works for some people.

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water9 1044 days ago
YESSSS this is my biggest gripe. It's like come on Google you know the moment I take a pee in the morning, you know I watched this video
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prepend 1044 days ago
“I’m feeling lucky” and “Just show me a random video” would be fun.

Also just having weird stuff like “show me a video that most closely matches this color scheme” or “find me the antipode of this video”

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razodactyl 1040 days ago
Look for an app called "Neverthink". It's on Apple-TV too.
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