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I consistently hear people on YouTube complain that the subscribe button doesn't do anything for viewers, now that channel notifications are controlled by the bell. But it does do something: it puts the videos from that channel in your subscription feed, which is readily accessible on all versions of YouTube. So why do people act like it doesn't exist? I think it's super convenient, especially if you're subscribed to a ton of channels and don't want your notifications feed flooded with new videos.

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[-] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I've heard that the subscription feed doesn't always show you uploads from the creators you're subscribed to.

I must not be subscribed to enough people for that to happen.

Otherwise, I don't let a non-subscription video live in my history unless liked it, and I generously block channels for the slightest click bait bullshit, so my home feed is pretty consistent as well.

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

I use YouTube in a similar fashion, I have a bunch of subscriptions and nearly exclusively watch them, and I make sure the algorithm don't see non subscribed videos in my history.

It seems to work because I only learned about Mr beast from my nephew a year or two ago.

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I still don't know who this Mr beast is. Never had a suggestion or watched any of their videos.

[-] DrQuint@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This used to be true for a while, specially around the time the bell button was introduced (so the conspiracy theory is youtube made the sub feed worse on purpose), but it no longer is. There is absolutely no one showing any verification of missing sub uploads anymore, and it was super easy to verify when it happened.

YouTube has a long history of enshittifying itself and the UI with every feature release or redesign, but they seemingly, finally, stopped, after the dislike button. They got distracted with Shorts, which, for better or worse, meant they stopped fucking up other stuff.

[-] XanXic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

YouTube tested an opt in feed on a group like the how the bell has like a sometimes notify mode to curate the subscription page but quickly canned that. It's like at that point wtf does subscribing even do.

Subscription feed shows your subscriptions

[-] valkyre09@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If you’re worried about not getting notified about our latest upload, don’t forget to press that little bell icon …

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

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