Post B12bh7EnIHiqoGrdx2 by _elena@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B12bh7EnIHiqoGrdx2 by _elena@mastodon.social
       2025-12-08T13:38:32Z
       
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       Dear Fediverse, thank you for being a safe haven from AI slop.This morning, I checked out Pinterest for the first time in forever and saw an image purporting to be a LEGO set that was obviously AI generated - yuck!Then on Reddit's popular page there was a video compilation of people saving children from terrible falls = AI slop.YouTube's homepage: a short video showing a child and her dog covered in mud = AI slop.What was I thinking? I should visit #Lemmy and #PeerTube instead...#NoAI
       
 (DIR) Post #B12bh8k1heIdTQU6Gu by ozzelot@mstdn.social
       2025-12-08T14:16:54Z
       
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       @_elenaI've mostly whipped YT's recommendation algorithm into shape - keyword being "mostly". And the fact I had to do so at all annoys me.
       
 (DIR) Post #B12br6mBrdEeH6FYRc by _elena@mastodon.social
       2025-12-08T14:18:41Z
       
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       @ozzelot when I'm on YT now I always rush to click on "Subscriptions" to avoid the recommended videos...
       
 (DIR) Post #B12buVyublmfJepC4G by ozzelot@mstdn.social
       2025-12-08T14:19:17Z
       
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       @_elenaSame, same.
       
 (DIR) Post #B12c2YDKBxDQYZOjfk by ozzelot@mstdn.social
       2025-12-08T14:20:48Z
       
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       @_elena(There's still recommendations in the sidebar when I'm watching something, though. I get a lot of use out of the "don't recommend channel" button these days.)
       
 (DIR) Post #B12ddFmJnW0g33paFM by melroy@mastodon.melroy.org
       2025-12-08T14:20:01Z
       
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       @_elena @ozzelot I still can't disable shorts in my yt overview.
       
 (DIR) Post #B12ddHLRyNhquJH9e4 by _elena@mastodon.social
       2025-12-08T14:23:33Z
       
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       @melroy @ozzelot I click on the 3 dots to say "see less Shorts" but they always come back... 😒
       
 (DIR) Post #B12ddIajL3WUlzQs6K by ozzelot@mstdn.social
       2025-12-08T14:38:34Z
       
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       @_elenaIf on desktop, I recommend the Unhook browser addon. https://unhook.app/@melroy
       
 (DIR) Post #B12iij5Ol7t6ACBUxM by WeirdWriter@caneandable.social
       2025-12-08T15:35:36Z
       
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       I tried to do the same thing and just ended up turning my favorite channels into podcasts, or honestly just looking for more RSS feeds to follow and using YouTube's RSS feeds, while they still work, for now anyway. @ozzelot @_elena