YouTube users dislike persistent mention notifications
10 posts in the last 60 days, all from r/youtube.
“I genuinely have no idea how to fix this. I had notifications set to the default setting (personalized) for a while on this channel but he uploads so often and it shows me every short he uploads. I like his style of video and don’t mind it on my feed, but it’s started to clog my…”
“I'm sure some people like the new feature where it updates you EVERY SINGLE TIME someone likes something you posted but I'm finding it extremely annoying. Is there a way to turn it off but leave notifications on for actual message responses? I don't need to see that my response…”
“I dont know who this is exactly, but I remember I've been being "mentioned" by them for the past few weeks every day and being directed to an empty mentions tab page and I've eventually grown tired of it that to try and stop this spam, I changed my YT tag Well, it worked, at…”
Several users are frustrated by unwanted mention notifications from channels they don't subscribe to. They report trying to block or report the issue but receiving no response from YouTube, leading to spammy and disruptive experiences.
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“I had previously subscribed to this channel for maybe a week with notifications completely disabled, and I was getting notifications for videos. I unsubscribed after, and I am still getting notifications. I've tried subscribing again and unsubscribing, and that hasn't worked. I looked in my…”
youtube notifications are the most stubborn thing on the platform, you can turn off every toggle and they'll still find a way through. what worked for me was going into the actual…
“I genuinely have no idea how to fix this. I had notifications set to the default setting (personalized) for a while on this channel but he uploads so often and it shows me every short he uploads. I like his style of video and don’t mind it on my feed, but it’s started to clog my inbox. I tried to turn notifications off but it did nothing. I unsubscribed. Nothing. I clicked the … button in my notifications and clicked “turn off all from Seriamon” multiple times and it still hasn’t changed at all.”
“I'm sure some people like the new feature where it updates you EVERY SINGLE TIME someone likes something you posted but I'm finding it extremely annoying. Is there a way to turn it off but leave notifications on for actual message responses? I don't need to see that my response "lol" got 105 likes throughout the day submitted by /u/Remarkable_Rough_649 [link] [comments]”
“There's a Youtube channel that I've been subscribed to for years. I mostly watch Youtube on my phone and a glitch occurred where my notification settings for this specific channel was set to "Personalized" instead of "None". I have all my subscription notifications set to None, so I changed it back. Yet later on I watched a video from this channel and my settings were set to Personalized again. I changed it to None at least three times. The fourth time, I accidentally”
It is not ideal! submitted by /u/BulkorCutAccount2021 [link] [comments]
“Guys, these new “your short has # likes” notifications are KILLING me! How do I turn off these notifications specifically? I still want comment notifications. Thanks! submitted by /u/yay278 [link] [comments]”
“YouTube needs to fix this as submitted by /u/HeartAffectionate119 [link] [comments]”
“I click "not now" but it comes up again every single time submitted by /u/siblades [link] [comments]”
“I dont know who this is exactly, but I remember I've been being "mentioned" by them for the past few weeks every day and being directed to an empty mentions tab page and I've eventually grown tired of it that to try and stop this spam, I changed my YT tag Well, it worked, at least for a while, cuz this spammer found my acc again and the three (four if you count today) reports I've already made about thisseemed to have done nothing as this user still persists Im getting real”
“I restricted this user, have never followed this creator or watched any of their content. I disabled the setting that allows users to mention me. What else can I do? I get one every day. I’ve been hiding them but I decided to allow them to accumulate for the screenshot. Also, if I go to my Mentions there’s nothing there, it’s essentially an empty notification. I’ve also completely turned off my notifications. I’m willing to bet it’s not the channel spamming me, they’re too big to care about my t”
“https://preview.redd.it/9ny1t8goujhh1.jpg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c0219f96cf6fdf11fdbd7aa4cbd15a83257d90b Why is this guy mentioning me everyday when I don't even subscribe him? I already reported to YouTube but no response. How do i make it stop spamming my notifications? Has anyone get similar case? Who is this trainwrecks guy? I do not want to click on it because the notification is very sus submitted by /u/blueseamajor [link] [comments]”