Post B28mfJkp2klooeXJ68 by chessert@mastodon.online
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(DIR) Post #B28ho8lCmuuHYS6RjU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-10T10:45:44Z
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YouTube has quietly added a feature where multiple people can add videos to the same playlist. I've always wanted something like this built into the app.Here is the invite. Add any videos you actually watch today that you don't mind sharing. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTh3hv32NLhrPBgOXrUgwp6BQaC94lt9n&jct=HNo63JsyzJgiqq4wtxlQLwSadly you must be logged in to youTube to do this. Will this be a mess? Let's see!(I've always wanted a recommended video feature that was based on what people I knew *actually watched* to create a shared media library.)
(DIR) Post #B28jAY15fNyED6mWW0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-10T11:00:58Z
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OMGThis shared playlist feature also lets everyone up and downvote the videos so it can build a better consensus.I've always thought youTube didn't do enough with community and collaborative features. I assumed this was because such features didn't make people watch longer and view more ads. But someone over there tried to make something useful for once.
(DIR) Post #B28jgUR6VvGCNABFxI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-10T11:06:45Z
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Sometimes I think about how much better social media and media sharing software could be in a world without advertisers or raw watch time driving everything. To be clear I think the ultimate goal must be leaving youTube behind. This isn't easy. And while we extricate ourselves from these systems why not use this tool that is one of the most "user centered" things youTube has done in a long time?
(DIR) Post #B28kH5TMI6GPfDgazA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-10T11:13:22Z
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OK I was wrong. This feature is six years old. But, I remember looking for it. I discovered it because when you add videos to playlist it now asks you if you want to "collaborate" this makes a list with an invite link you can post.
(DIR) Post #B28kS784TJelzGzFlg by chessert@mastodon.online
2026-01-10T11:15:20Z
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@futurebird I watch YouTube with no ads: none (unless they're embedded in the video by the video creator).I watch YouTube with the FireFox browser (no apps), to which I've added the "Enhancer for YouTube™", "uBlock Origin", and "Disable HTML5 Autoplay" extensions. This works for me on Linux and Mac.I use this setup both logged-in (Google), and not logged-in. No ads, either way.
(DIR) Post #B28kX3Iy7MC3ZgRHEm by falcennial@mastodon.social
2026-01-10T11:16:13Z
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@futurebird so cool! I dont know what to add but I will browse and have ideas
(DIR) Post #B28kmXwWUMFSwMKQAi by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-10T11:19:04Z
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@chessert This is what I do too. But advertisers needs still shape the content to some degree and it also has an impact on what youTube focuses on in terms of user interface. Tools that promote content based on what you care about or what your friends care about are kind of neglected and clunky. For example: it's hard to add a video to a shared playlist when you are watching it. The shared playlist is basically... secret. The app guides you to just watching algorithm picks.
(DIR) Post #B28kxK8KAmbPIOzHJA by coracinho@sunbeam.city
2026-01-10T11:20:57Z
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@futurebird i tried adding a video and received this message (it never happened to me before, and i'm not using anything different this time). no way in hell i'm giving google access to my cookies 😒 why can't they give me a nice thing for a change
(DIR) Post #B28lApRP5CC89xLpke by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-10T11:23:27Z
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@coracinho Yeah, a lot of people on here probably have google locked out in ways that might keep them from using this. And good for you honestly. To have "nice things" we need to keep on building our own systems and giving money to the people doing that work. It's a LOT of work and we don't really support it enough at this time.
(DIR) Post #B28lFY21Eoz7c4jCMa by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-10T11:24:17Z
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@billiglarper @chessert https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/115870545154424685
(DIR) Post #B28lJgEGhYtUCCQazw by chessert@mastodon.online
2026-01-10T11:24:05Z
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@billiglarper @futurebird Odd. I don't enable any cookies on YT (at all, other than signing in with my Google account), and am able to create my own private playlists at will. Is that the difference: private vs. public?
(DIR) Post #B28lJhWjsNGMDm4rQW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-10T11:25:01Z
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@chessert @billiglarper I think there must be. I have to have google cookies for my job so I don't have that firewall up for better or worse.
(DIR) Post #B28lKWEPMHu3TgtRR2 by coracinho@sunbeam.city
2026-01-10T11:25:05Z
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@futurebird 100% agree!
(DIR) Post #B28lqg6YBYPxMkYK1Y by chessert@mastodon.online
2026-01-10T11:30:59Z
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@futurebird @billiglarper As I'm looking at YT right now, signed in (Google), uBlock Origin claims to be blocking 193 items, and the "Privacy Badger" extension claims to be blocking no trackers. This is on Firefox 146.0.1 on LinuxMint. I'm guessing Privacy Badger has nothing to do, because uBlock Origin has already cut the relevant offenders off?
(DIR) Post #B28m6DJczS4miB4rbc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-10T11:33:48Z
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@billiglarper @chessert So the cookies are active on your phone with the same account but not on the desktop...Wouldn't that mean they have all the same information anyway?:/
(DIR) Post #B28mbrdf7Tt6kTXZE8 by snork303@toot.community
2026-01-10T11:39:30Z
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@futurebirdAt the risk of a Fediverse-administered 40 lashes with a wet noodle, I'm going to say that I like YouTube so much that I pay for Premium.
(DIR) Post #B28mfJkp2klooeXJ68 by chessert@mastodon.online
2026-01-10T11:40:04Z
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@futurebird @billiglarper Not for me: I never watch YT on any of my mobile/portable devices (iPhone, iPad, Roku) . No apps, ever: just Firefox on my desktop (LinuxMint ), or laptops (2012 MacBook Air, 2019 Intel MacBook Pro).
(DIR) Post #B28wkAEOsN3mGqJwf2 by kali@discuss.systems
2026-01-10T13:33:03Z
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@futurebird you can just download via youtubedl. i know not perfect but at least they get no ad rev from playing it locally on your computer.