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1. rozab+V8[view] [source] 2025-04-30 15:59:09
>>jayden+(OP)
For a long time the grid of videos on the homepage has been slightly misaligned. I imagine the different rows belong to different teams. This means you can't hover your mouse in the gaps between columns while you scroll to prevent videos autoplaying when moused over.

I find the autoplay so annoying because it hides the thumbnail which was carefully designed to communicate why I should click on the video and replaces it with, usually, a talking head or stock footage. Often the video gets inexplicably added to my watch history, and if I do choose to click on it I have to go back to the beginning because I missed the start of the audio

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2. tambou+3b[view] [source] 2025-04-30 16:07:29
>>rozab+V8
> This means you can't hover your mouse in the gaps between columns while you scroll to prevent videos autoplaying when moused over

You can disable autoplay at https://www.youtube.com/account_playback, then uncheck "Video previews". It resets itself every 15 days or so, but at least one can have some peace in the meantime.

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3. Levita+Jb[view] [source] 2025-04-30 16:10:20
>>tambou+3b
> It resets itself every 15 days or so

Are you saying that YouTube just alters your preferences?

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4. eatbit+qf[view] [source] 2025-04-30 16:24:08
>>Levita+Jb
Many websites do this. Facebook resets your feed sorting preferences, as does LinkedIn (sort by Recent, then refresh the page, it will be Top again).
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5. marssa+pv3[view] [source] 2025-05-01 16:32:16
>>eatbit+qf
With Facebook, you can get around this by bookmarking https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr and going there instead. It's worked reliably for years - though there's now so little of value there it hardly matters, I suppose.
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