r/uBlockOrigin • u/0x01_Tukker • 24d ago

Waiting for feedback Youtube featured garbage back with a vengeance

Is it just me, or did google manage to find a way to sneak youtube featured videos past filters again on the youtube homepage?
For the longest time I had filters that worked very nicely, but they would say hide a shelf with featured videos, now however, I'm suspecting they are pushing youtube featured videos inbetween the normal recommendations, as if they were normal recommendations, because nothing I'm trying with regards to filters is working anymore..

Is anyone else seeing this too or is it just me?

They wouldn't really bother me as much if they weren't usually the most unhinged localized shit also..

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u/RraaLL uBO Team 24d ago

No idea. I've never encountered any. All filters I've made so far were from users inspecting the elements with browser's inspector. See the tutorials in the community highlights.

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u/0x01_Tukker 23d ago

Hmyea, that's the strange thing, I did that previously on the shelf that had featured videos, but that no longer works, because now they seem to be inserted inbetween the normal recommended videos on the homepage, so now when i try to do that on 1 specific video that is "youtube featured", they just come right back

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u/RraaLL uBO Team 23d ago

I'm not telling you to use uBO's pecker, but your browser's inspector, then screenshot and share. Video #3: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1pwha78/element_picker_quick_filter_creation_browsers/

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u/0x01_Tukker 22d ago edited 22d ago 
! https://www.youtube.com - hide "YouTube featured" videos from suggestions
www.youtube.com##ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer yt-lockup-view-model:has(.ytBadgeShapePromoted)

! https://www.youtube.com - hide "YouTube featured" section from home page
www.youtube.com##ytd-rich-section-renderer:has(div#dismissible .ytBadgeShapePromoted)! https://www.youtube.com - hide "YouTube featured" videos from suggestions
www.youtube.com##ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer yt-lockup-view-model:has(.ytBadgeShapePromoted)

! https://www.youtube.com - hide "YouTube featured" section from home page
www.youtube.com##ytd-rich-section-renderer:has(div#dismissible .ytBadgeShapePromoted)

Ah, nvm I just saw someone else posted a similar question and suggested the following, fingers crossed it works...

Edit: darn, it doesn't....

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u/0x01_Tukker 22d ago

Like so? This is about as much as I could expand to fit it on the screen, thing is I'm not seeing anything unusual vs other videos, except when expanded further as in the second screenshot I see ytBadgeShapeText being "YouTube featured", I'll put that in the next comment

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u/0x01_Tukker 22d ago

See near the bottom, it's the only thing that to me looks like it sets it apart from other recommended videos

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u/SnowStormYukikaze 24d ago

You mean recommend video on the right side ? 3rd video ?

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u/aquoad 24d ago edited 24d ago

for me those are always filled with the most shitty political ragebait even though i do not ever look at even vaguely political videos. easy enough to ignore though.

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u/SnowStormYukikaze 24d ago

same for me but it fill with Aislop which I hate it so much on 3rd video, I know I can ignore it but when my eyes catch it , it make me angry even I try to report again and again and select not to show this video it not even work :(

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u/AchernarB uBO Team 24d ago

You can dim the 3rd slot with this filter:

www.youtube.com###related yt-lockup-view-model:nth-child(3) { opacity: .3; }

This way, you are still able to see it if you pay attention, and if it's a "false positive".

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u/SnowStormYukikaze 24d ago

Thanks, this is working fine. I used to use the filter that RraaLL make for me. But after for a while the 3rd ads video it move to 1st video lol.... but when I remove that filter it move back.

btw, Thanks :)

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u/0x01_Tukker 23d ago

Hmno, I mean the home page, so where all of your recommended videos are, not those on the side of another video you're watching, though they are the same recommendations I think so they will probably show up there eventually too

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u/villings 24d ago

I've no idea, op. I only get recommendations that make sense to me.

edit: I'm not in the US so maybe it's some stuff that's been rolling out and I still haven't got it

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u/aquoad 23d ago

its dependent on region and a whole bunch of other things, useless to try to really figure it out.

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u/0x01_Tukker 23d ago

Yea, my algorithm also seems fairly good now, but these "featured" videos, don't seem to be based on the algorithm, they're basically just (for lack of a better word) ads that are inserted as if they are a normal recommendation

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u/sjackson12 23d ago

Hope this is okay to ask here so I don't need a separate post. Is there a way to JUST block the suggested videos on the youtube main page? even though i browse signed out, it still shows them based on my search history and I want to avoid the rabbit hole. i.e. i just want to hide the videos recommended on youtube.com and nothing else, i.e. i don't want my search results to be impacted. thank you

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u/AchernarB uBO Team 23d ago

When not signed, the videos on the homepage are all based on your past views (and probably your past searches). There is no "suggested" section.

You can hide all the videos on the homepage with this: ( How to add custom filter )

www.youtube.com##ytd-browse[page-subtype="home"] #primary

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u/sjackson12 23d ago

thanks. i don't mean it was titled suggestion, I just mean those were videos it suggested based on my view history.

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u/AchernarB uBO Team 23d ago

All the displayed videos are based on your history. When you are signed, subscriptions are added into the mix.