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Which YouTube channels should I subscribe to if I want to ruin my feed?

2026-06-05 17:30 UTC

The question Which channels should I subscribe to? The idea is to make my YouTube feed even more useless than it already is by subscribing to all sorts of stupid nonsense channels. Suggest channels, and I’ll subscribe to all of them, no questions asked. Some background This is a reference to my earlier post. About two months ago, I decided to subscribe to anyone who asks. Turns out, surprisingly many channels don’t even ask any more, because they seem to know how little it really matters and how much everyone hates begging. Anyway, that didn’t seem to have much of an impact, so I knew I needed to up my game. While doing household chores, I started putting on some pointless trash videos and ignoring them. I also subscribed to all the background channels I wasn’t even watching. That wasn’t enough to ruin my feed. What’s next? My feed needs more trash channels. My conclusions so far Subscriptions seem play a minor role. The home page and sidebar recommendations contain a few subscribed channels, but vast majority of the recommended videos are from channels I’ve never even seen before. Also, watch time, likes and comments seem to play a role here as well. If I haven’t subscribed, but I have liked or commented, those channels tend to be recommended more frequently. If I subscribed, but watched only one video from the channel, didn’t like or comment, there’s a good chance I’ll never see that channel again. At least that’s what it looks like at the moment. Anyway, I want to stress test test idea properly by subscribing to even more channels. Throw all your dumbest channel suggestions here. Yeah but why though? YT already sucks, but it can suck even more. The more I hate it, the less I use it in the long run. This is my twisted way of ditching YT permanently. Could take a while, but once it happens, there’s no turning back, because my home feed will be so far beyond repair.

Replies (5)

  • @jh29a@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-06-05 18:21

    Since Thumbnails/Titles make up the way in which you’ll be turned off by your feed, If you’re like me and don’t like being very subtly clickbaited at, I suggest Veritasium.

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  • @SmokeInFog@midwest.social 2026-06-05 18:53

    I think subscribing to all of those “sleepy time” AI generated channels would do it for me. They put out a new 2+ hour video a day full of absolute inaccuracies, so not only is it slop but it’s profoundly misinformative slop. But honestly I don’t want you to sub to them, it only encourages them all

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  • I would browse the front page not logged in to find more algo-pushed trash that YouTube thinks are addictive. I’d also unsubscribe from anything you actually enjoyed and use the options to have YouTube not recommend more of it to you.

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  • @wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 2026-06-05 19:26

    Cooking with Jack

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  • Any post formatted like this one looks like it was spat out by a model... Just don't block the ads or pay for premium. That makes YT so thoroughly unenjoyable you'll be on TikTok in no time.

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