Blocking stupid videos on YouTube

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There are a lot of really stupid/trolly/fake videos on YouTube. I'd like to blacklist them forever when I see them, so I don't accidentally click on them in the future, and sometimes block the uploader, too, to avoid others in the same vein. Is there any way to do this? Greasemonkey script? Adblock? Firefox extension? Proxy site for Youtube?

Something like BlockSite would be good, in that it disables hyperlinks to specific URLs, but ideally, it would hide everything related to those videos, thumbnails, etc., not just disable the links. Also, last time I tried it, BlockSite was buggy.

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 05 '20 at 17:38

Add this Chrome / Firefox extension to your browser:
Find stupid video
Right-click on the video title
Select Block videos from this channel

Right after you can see that video disappeared from the list:

Upon clicking the icon you can enter options or quickly add new blocking rules

You can block whole channels, all videos of the channel or sets of videos... also you can block keywords, comments or video titles... regex expressions are also supported as well as password protection or exporting/importing rules even synchronization

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:57

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There is no way to block a video within YouTube. You can block a user though by navigating to the users profile and clicking block user.

If you are looking specifically for a browser extension then please flag this question for migration to SuperUser. (Browser extensions are off-topic here as per the FAQ)

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:57

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answered Nov 08 '11 at 09:07

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 18 '12 at 06:44

if you're a firefox user, there's an add-on called youtube ratings preview. it shows the percentage of ratings on both search results and recommended videos on video page, but not on 'load more suggestions' results.

not the ideal i guess, but it helps.

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 01 '18 at 09:58

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Perhaps this might help: http://userscripts-mirror.org/scripts/show/156278.html

This script removes youtube users you choose from appearing in:

Recommended Channels tab
Recommended/related videos
Search results
My subscriptions/What to watch (if someone you are subscribed to likes/favorites a video from them)

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answered Aug 15 '14 at 15:13

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endolith · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-19T23:52:16.367

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I just discovered that YouTube has this built-in now! Next to a video there are three dots, if you click them, you get this menu:

If you click "Not interested" it shows this:

and then if you click "tell us why" you can block recommendations based on a video you watched:

If you click "Don't recommend channel" it shows this:

edited Jul 19 '20 at 23:52

answered Jul 19 '20 at 16:10

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Blocking stupid videos on YouTube

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