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.

  • @[email protected]
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    171 year ago

    Personally I remember when the main page used to be the user’s subscription feed. After they changed it, I just updated my bookmark and continued to land on the subscription feed. At some point everyone else seems to have forgotten that that happened and started pushing the bell.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      One thing I’ll say though: They started making shorts take up a whole row and I’m not happy about it. I don’t really watch shorts unless they’re Hank Green’s, and then it depends on my mood. I’m on YouTube for YouTube videos, not TikTok videos

      • @[email protected]
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        71 year ago

        If you have ublock origin there’s a script you can put in that automatically hides YouTube shorts from your subscription page.

        • Hildegarde
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          51 year ago

          Them putting shorts in their own row made it much easier. You don’t even need to find a script, just right click on the shorts and block element.

          Works great, until they change the page again.