I think at some point it just decides youre getting brainrot.
My toddler is responsible for about 99% of my youtube shorts viewing. I ask for a topic, it shows me about 5 relevant videos in a row, and then skibidis the tungtung.
Never have I ever seen it show my toddler anything I'm even remotely interested in.
Yeah except ads are missing from this. I’ve been getting shitloads of the white haired guy that’s clearly not a doctor telling my to avoid canola oil or some shit.
I've started watching shorts when I'm eating breakfast alone and want entertainment that can be easily interrupted so I can do something productive before I leave.
uBlock filters use a modified form of CSS selectors to determine what parts of a page to hide.
If you know vaguely how CSS selectors work you can infer that the filter definition is matching on youtube.com and is finding an element whose title property is shorts - so it seems to be doing an appropriate thing.
The important part is that uBlock filters are not executable; you can't inject malicious code through one, as they are simply patterns which describe what parts of a page should be hidden, and hiding content is all they can do.
The worst that a filter could do is hide something that shouldn't be hidden.
Because they want you to watch shorts. They know that people who watch shorts are the most brainrotted on the platform, and the ones who will keep scrolling and watching video after video, and seeing ad after ad, and those are the users YouTube wants all other users to be like.
And so they will push shorts in your face again and again no matter how much you say no, because they think eventually they'll break you.
The close button is just a temporary placebo to make it feel like you're the one in control.
I wrote that myself, using Firefox on macOS, it might not work in other browsers (though it should generally work in firefox across platforms). It probably doesn't work on mobile.
I have disabled history on youtube, so I only get shorts from people I'm subscribed to, and they are mostly very enjoyable. You can often get through all new shorts in about 30 mins before you start seeing repeats.
You could probably just add one line into uBlock's filter list and be done with it. Might require updating after a while, but still less of a security risk than a random ass extension.
34 Comments
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 31 pts · 190d
Aren't your shorts made from stuff you watch? This should be a reflection of your own history, OP.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 190d
I think at some point it just decides youre getting brainrot.
My toddler is responsible for about 99% of my youtube shorts viewing. I ask for a topic, it shows me about 5 relevant videos in a row, and then skibidis the tungtung.
Never have I ever seen it show my toddler anything I'm even remotely interested in.
some_random_nick@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 189d
Indeed. If you ever scroll past the first 10-15 shorts that are based on stuff you watch, it becomes pure hell.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 189d
Yeah except ads are missing from this. I’ve been getting shitloads of the white haired guy that’s clearly not a doctor telling my to avoid canola oil or some shit.
osanna@thebrainbin.org · 17 pts · 190d
i never got the point of shorts. they're so short, they can't cover anything of any substance. I'd rather watch a full video.
BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 190d
It’s good for short skits, but that’s about it imo
homes@piefed.world · 5 pts · 190d
That’s because shortcuts are narratively complete (usually). Many shorts are just clips, and incomplete, therefore unsatisfying.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 190d
Some song ideas can be conveyed in 1 min, like the dirt man.
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 190d
I've started watching shorts when I'm eating breakfast alone and want entertainment that can be easily interrupted so I can do something productive before I leave.
remon@ani.social · 15 pts · 190d
Add this to your uBlock:
homes@piefed.world · 2 pts · 190d
What does this do? I’d like to know, specifically, before I add some random code from the Internet into my ad blocker.
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 190d
Blocks shorts.
uBlock filters use a modified form of CSS selectors to determine what parts of a page to hide.
If you know vaguely how CSS selectors work you can infer that the filter definition is matching on
youtube.comand is finding an element whose title property isshorts- so it seems to be doing an appropriate thing.The important part is that uBlock filters are not executable; you can't inject malicious code through one, as they are simply patterns which describe what parts of a page should be hidden, and hiding content is all they can do.
The worst that a filter could do is hide something that shouldn't be hidden.
homes@piefed.world · 3 pts · 190d
thank you very much. this is exactly what I wanted to know ;)
remon@ani.social · 4 pts · 190d
It removes short-videos from the main page and search results, as well as removing the link from the menu.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 1 pts · 190d
It removes shorts ig
expatriado@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 190d
thanks, when i press top-right X on shorts on YT, they just go away for a while.... why not forever TY? why you have to keep insisting?
tiramichu@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 190d
Because they want you to watch shorts. They know that people who watch shorts are the most brainrotted on the platform, and the ones who will keep scrolling and watching video after video, and seeing ad after ad, and those are the users YouTube wants all other users to be like.
And so they will push shorts in your face again and again no matter how much you say no, because they think eventually they'll break you.
The close button is just a temporary placebo to make it feel like you're the one in control.
Buage_@piefed.social · 2 pts · 190d
ty
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 189d
This doesn't do anything for me.
Do I add it in My filters?
remon@ani.social · 1 pts · 189d
Yes.
I wrote that myself, using Firefox on macOS, it might not work in other browsers (though it should generally work in firefox across platforms). It probably doesn't work on mobile.
Cantaloupe@lemmy.fedioasis.cc · 0 pts · 190d
I like YouTube shorts though. Better than Tiktok.
remon@ani.social · 2 pts · 189d
HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 190d
I have disabled history on youtube, so I only get shorts from people I'm subscribed to, and they are mostly very enjoyable. You can often get through all new shorts in about 30 mins before you start seeing repeats.
wewbull@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 190d
I decided to play a game
Buage_@piefed.social · 4 pts · 190d
lmao
some_random_nick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 189d
Here is mine
cmeu@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 189d
"Chat"
daellat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 189d
POV: (it's not POV)
lime@feddit.nu · 4 pts · 190d
i only get dogs :3
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 190d
I'd add BeamNG with AI voiceover.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 190d
There are more than a few shorts blocking extensions out there.
some_random_nick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 189d
You could probably just add one line into uBlock's filter list and be done with it. Might require updating after a while, but still less of a security risk than a random ass extension.
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 189d
You can check off brainrot with any other of those categories.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 189d
Where's the VTuber one?