These are all products that I legitimately like and want to engage with, but linking them all to a single account and more importantly a shared recommendation engine feels very flawed.

My music playlists from Youtube Music keep showing up on my Youtube homepage. Likewise, engaging with Youtube Shorts (especially subscribing) also subscribes to their youtube channel. I don’t know about anyone else, but what I find interesting in a 30 second video is not what I find interesting in a 10-30 minute video.

I feel like Google would be better served separating these recommendation engines. Even looking at this from a monetization lens, it feels inefficient. How do you guys feel? If you have any hacks or recommendations I’d love to hear them. I’m personally ready to create a TikTok account just to avoid contaminating my youtube feed.

  •  lukini   ( @lukini@beehaw.org ) 
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    31 year ago

    This is exactly how I’ve done it. My original youtube account from before google accounts existed will stay my youtube account. My personal account is only used for music. I do share a favorite music playlist between to two though so it’s super easy to add music I like on the youtube account that will then show up in my youtube music app.