The ‘Subscribed’ section has gone pretty much untouched for almost 20 years. There is a highlights thing now but from there down it’s ONLY what you want.
They stopped fully populating your subscriptions back in… 2022ish? I want to say. To even see them all you have to use 3rd party software, or they’ll narrow the presented channels down based on a shitty calculation
I have heard that many times but have not observed it first hand, when a user posts after years of absence it shows up in my list. And when I remember a user that I have not seen in years and I check them directly there aren’t any videos that I have missed. Maybe they are doing something on a per-user basis to drive engagement.
What kind of channels do you sub to? Are they prone to saying things that are not censor-friendly, because that’s one of the big things that will cause it to drop them from your notifications.
The other is when people subscribe to a channel but haven’t watched recent releases while logged into your account. Youtube sees that as “well you’re subscribed to them, but like do you REALLY watch them?”
Almost exclusively maker/hacker/science guys with some animators/artists mixed in. Checking the users with the lowest subscriber counts they have either not posted in years or I have watched their most recent uploads :/
Okay. Those are guys who I assume would know what kind of stuff not to say to avoid getting their visibility messed with. I guess this is a thing that will tend to happen more to political and history commentators. But if you watch their videos while logged out for any reason, same deal across the board.
Offhandedly, Is there anyone that you would recommend to me?
Some of these guys rarely upload anymore but the stuff they have uploaded is brilliant. I tried to pick guys who are least likely to show up on the main-stream of recommendations.
2026 and there is still no 3rd party plugin that will filter out the clickbait and slop
You can use DeArrow to fix clickbait titles.
Know of any Peertube instances that ban outright slop content?
We need an extension for setting the latest YouTube year.
Wow, just discovered DeArrow from this comment. Thank you for sharing.
Paid the $1 and am prospering. :)
I love DeArrow
Why at this point would you have recommendations turned on? You can make your own feed these days
The ‘Subscribed’ section has gone pretty much untouched for almost 20 years. There is a highlights thing now but from there down it’s ONLY what you want.
They stopped fully populating your subscriptions back in… 2022ish? I want to say. To even see them all you have to use 3rd party software, or they’ll narrow the presented channels down based on a shitty calculation
I have heard that many times but have not observed it first hand, when a user posts after years of absence it shows up in my list. And when I remember a user that I have not seen in years and I check them directly there aren’t any videos that I have missed. Maybe they are doing something on a per-user basis to drive engagement.
What kind of channels do you sub to? Are they prone to saying things that are not censor-friendly, because that’s one of the big things that will cause it to drop them from your notifications.
The other is when people subscribe to a channel but haven’t watched recent releases while logged into your account. Youtube sees that as “well you’re subscribed to them, but like do you REALLY watch them?”
Almost exclusively maker/hacker/science guys with some animators/artists mixed in. Checking the users with the lowest subscriber counts they have either not posted in years or I have watched their most recent uploads :/
Okay. Those are guys who I assume would know what kind of stuff not to say to avoid getting their visibility messed with. I guess this is a thing that will tend to happen more to political and history commentators. But if you watch their videos while logged out for any reason, same deal across the board.
Offhandedly, Is there anyone that you would recommend to me?
Oh god damn, buckle up
https://www.youtube.com/@twoswap - awesome math guy
https://www.youtube.com/@alnwlsn - electronics, computers, maker stuff
https://www.youtube.com/@ancientjames - guy builds novel video displays from scratch
https://www.youtube.com/@AppliedScience - flat out smartest guy on he internet
https://www.youtube.com/@Attoparsec - hacky/computery/makey guy
https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisStaecker - math instrument historian, also funny af
https://www.youtube.com/@DiffractionLimited - Build a um scale 3d printer
https://www.youtube.com/@dipdoting - build computer from relays
https://www.youtube.com/@YeanyScience - retired science teacher teaches you science
https://www.youtube.com/@HuygensOptics - turns out you don’t know anything about optics, neither do i
https://www.youtube.com/@illinoisenergyprof6878 - learn about atomic power
https://www.youtube.com/@mikeselectricstuff - the original electronics youtuber
https://www.youtube.com/@okooptics - turns out you REALLY dont know anything about optics
https://www.youtube.com/@UsagiElectric - buid computers from the wires up
https://www.youtube.com/@wbeaty - the original science youtuber
Some of these guys rarely upload anymore but the stuff they have uploaded is brilliant. I tried to pick guys who are least likely to show up on the main-stream of recommendations.
It’s 2026 and people are still looking at recommended videos?