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    From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 28 11:34:42 2024
    Virtually any video I watch that asks me to do anything of the sort asks
    me to click the like button, the subscribe button, and the bell icon.
    (One I've just watched said click the bell icon because you thought the subscribe icon did something which it didn't.)

    I've never seen the bell icon - at least not knowingly. Where is it?
    What _does_ it do that the subscribe icon doesn't? (I've never been
    _too_ sure what "subscribing" does; I've always guessed it meant that
    releases from that channel were more likely to appear in my home page,
    which otherwise just showed things based on what I'd watched in the
    past, especially if I'd "liked" them.)
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    "... all your hard work in the hands of twelve people too stupid to get off jury duty." CSI, 200x

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 1 12:10:04 2024
    On 28.03.2024 um 11:34 Uhr J. P. Gilliver wrote:

    Virtually any video I watch that asks me to do anything of the sort
    asks me to click the like button, the subscribe button, and the bell
    icon. (One I've just watched said click the bell icon because you
    thought the subscribe icon did something which it didn't.)

    I've never seen the bell icon - at least not knowingly. Where is it?

    It was next to the subscribe button, but as I don't have an YT account
    anymore, I can't check it.

    What _does_ it do that the subscribe icon doesn't? (I've never been
    _too_ sure what "subscribing" does; I've always guessed it meant that releases from that channel were more likely to appear in my home
    page, which otherwise just showed things based on what I'd watched in
    the past, especially if I'd "liked" them.)

    Subscribing meant that the videos from the channel will be suggested
    and you received regular notifications about new videos.
    The enabled bell changed that to instant notifications. In the past
    this was based on emails, but Google discontinued that. Maybe they now
    only rely on their YT app.

    --
    kind regards
    Marco

    Send spam to [email protected]

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  • From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Mon Apr 1 11:29:10 2024
    In message <uue15t$2dtss$[email protected]> at Mon, 1 Apr 2024 12:10:04,
    Marco Moock <[email protected]> writes
    On 28.03.2024 um 11:34 Uhr J. P. Gilliver wrote:

    Virtually any video I watch that asks me to do anything of the sort
    asks me to click the like button, the subscribe button, and the bell
    icon. (One I've just watched said click the bell icon because you
    thought the subscribe icon did something which it didn't.)

    I've never seen the bell icon - at least not knowingly. Where is it?

    It was next to the subscribe button, but as I don't have an YT account >anymore, I can't check it.

    Ah, I don't see it ...

    What _does_ it do that the subscribe icon doesn't? (I've never been
    _too_ sure what "subscribing" does; I've always guessed it meant that
    releases from that channel were more likely to appear in my home
    page, which otherwise just showed things based on what I'd watched in
    the past, especially if I'd "liked" them.)

    Subscribing meant that the videos from the channel will be suggested
    and you received regular notifications about new videos.
    The enabled bell changed that to instant notifications. In the past
    this was based on emails, but Google discontinued that. Maybe they now
    only rely on their YT app.

    ... maybe they've discontinued it (but of course asking for it will
    remain in existing videos).
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    And every day in Britain, 33 properties are sold for around that price [a million pounds or so]. - Jane Rackham, RT 2015/4/11-17

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