[JLCarveth]

Then stop engaging with the content, and when it does show up use the "Not Interested" feature. You have control over the content you're shown.

[lazycouchpotato]

I'd be surprised if you found anyone agreeing with your statement.

You absolutely do not have control over the content you're shown. Why would they give you that power?

> YouTube’s ‘dislike’ and ‘not interested’ buttons barely work, study finds.

> A Mozilla report found feedback buttons didn’t stop the majority of similar recommendations

https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/20/23356434/youtube-dislike-...

[JLCarveth]

"TheVerge" is not what I would consider a reliable source. Perhaps you could've linked the study they referenced instead?

[lazycouchpotato]

They have made mistakes [1], but I don't see why they are to be considered as not reliable till the end of time.

Here's a direct link to the Mozilla study: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/mozilla-investigation...

[1] See the correction in https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/19/23880111/microsoft-xbox-s...

[makapuf]

> YouTube’s ‘dislike’ and ‘not interested’ buttons barely work, study finds.

Well, they work great for skipping ads..

[vjerancrnjak]

I got rate-limited doing this. "Try again later" every time I clicked on "Not interested".

Reporting obvious scam ads also ends up not being against policy everywhere.

[ryangs]

This was effective for me around a decade ago. These days it feels like most algorithmic content generation sites don't care when you express negative interest in something.

[herbst]

That's not true. My only Instagram engagement is blocking obvious scam content should I accidently open the app and it still shoes me nothing else but that.

[JLCarveth]

"my only engagement..." Of course instagram will show you the only content you engage with. Is that really surprising?

[herbst]

Does blocking content actually count as positive engagement? I am not sure that's a good Strategie