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  • Any way to block recently-viewed?

    From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 28 14:42:43 2025
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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 11 23:28:32 2025
    On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:42:43 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver" <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Is there any way to stop YT offering (in the basic home page, i. e. what
    I see when I go to just https://www.youtube.com/) clips I have viewed,
    in the last <time to be specified>? I know it _keeps record of_ what
    I've viewed, as it puts a red line under the thumbnail. It seems daft -
    even from their commercial point of view - to keep offering such to me,
    at least within a day or two.

    (I don't want to _block_, as that may make it less likely it will offer
    ones from e. g. the same artist, or on a similar subject; just not the
    actual ones.)

    I never block anything on Usenet. As you kind of put it, Youtube could
    block some good stuff that was on the same subject, but much better
    written and produced.

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  • From J. P. Gilliver@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Jul 12 15:44:45 2025
    On 2025/7/12 5:28:32, [email protected] wrote:
    On Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:42:43 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver" <[email protected]> wrote:

    Is there any way to stop YT offering (in the basic home page, i. e. what
    I see when I go to just https://www.youtube.com/) clips I have viewed,
    in the last <time to be specified>? I know it _keeps record of_ what
    I've viewed, as it puts a red line under the thumbnail. It seems daft -
    even from their commercial point of view - to keep offering such to me,
    at least within a day or two.

    (I don't want to _block_, as that may make it less likely it will offer
    ones from e. g. the same artist, or on a similar subject; just not the
    actual ones.)

    I never block anything on Usenet. As you kind of put it, Youtube could block some good stuff that was on the same subject, but much better
    written and produced.

    Agreed. It just seems very odd that they offer me clips I've just
    watched, while _showing_ me that I have (the red line).
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    "He hasn't one redeeming vice." - Oscar Wilde

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