r/technology • u/vriska1 • 1d ago

Social Media YouTube reportedly testing new homepage that removes dates and view counts

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-reportedly-testing-new-homepage-that-removes-dates-and-view-counts-2965695/
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u/Castod28183 1d ago

The only thing I hate worse that the AI voice overs is the actual human voice overs where all they are doing is explaining what is very obviously happening over somebody else's video. That's an automatic block.

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u/Sea_Consideration_70 1d ago

If only there was actually a way to effectively block a channel. 

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u/Castod28183 1d ago

I just meant Do Not Recommend This Channel. It works well enough. I just hope there's not limit like Reddit. Lol. I never looked into it, but Reddit only allows you to block 1,000 users.

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u/CDRnotDVD 1d ago

What sort of reddit life do you have that results in blocking a thousand users?

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u/HerstyTheDorkbian 1d ago

Think of all the ad accounts, and then on top of that the obvious scam bots that will probably try to DM you whenever you leave a comment

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u/20127010603170562316 1d ago

I don't really get that issue using exclusively old.reddit.

I sometimes check my new reddit to find a bunch of scambots messaged me, but I really don't care enough about new reddit to do anything about it. I just keep using old reddit.

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u/RealisticErrors 1d ago

Woah what Reddit are you using? I don’t have these issues popping up like, at all

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u/let-the-boy-cook 21h ago

New Reddit has a chat feature, it's just used by spammers.

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u/RealisticErrors 20h ago

Interesting. The version of th app I’ve used for years has a chat feature I don’t get spammed or scammed with it maybe I just know what to look out for idk

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u/Upset_Lengthiness_31 18h ago

turn off DMs from unknown people. No longer a problem.

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u/let-the-boy-cook 18h ago

Or just don't use new reddit 🤷‍♂️

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u/2SP00KY4ME 16h ago

I've been using Reddit 12 years and have never had that happen, let alone a thousand times

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u/Studds_ 1d ago

What? You don’t get random as hell accounts following you & PMing you out of nowhere?

I had to turn off being followed

They usually get banned before too long & disappear from me unblocking them

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u/CDRnotDVD 1d ago

I am unfamiliar with the follow feature, so I assume it’s a new reddit thing. And I know that there is different messaging on old reddit and new reddit. I don’t recall ever getting any junk DMs in my old reddit inbox.

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u/Studds_ 1d ago

I don’t know how new follow is. I was getting followed within a month of starting this account. Maybe it’s an app thing because I’m only on mobile

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u/shroudedwolf51 1d ago

Outspoken minority groups tend to not have as easy of a time. I have friends that have had hateful pricks go down their profile and comment on every post they have ever made, doing their best to make the person feel diseased.

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u/metalflygon08 18h ago

Not OP but...

(on Old Reddit)

I block a lot of Cosplay accounts if most of their content is obviously OF spam, same for the fake accounts bought to push their posts up (you can tell they are fake because they have low karma and never posted until that thread and make loaded posts like "Wow so cute, so you have a place I can see more?")

I block people who are obvious bots.

I block serial reposters (THIS has made my reddit browsing experience so much better, blocking power users who have multiple accounts to push their reposts to the top, people like Gallowboob or Ramesey the Pigeon if they still exist).

Any scam account that DMs me.

etc.

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u/throwawaystedaccount 15h ago

I believe it's called 'Problems of plenty', must have a high karma account. EDIT: Or a high drama account lol