RegretsReporter

The RegretsReporter browser extension, built by the nonprofit Mozilla, helps you take control of your YouTube recommendations.

What is RegretsReporter?

RegretsReporter is a user-empowering browser extension designed by Mozilla that transforms your YouTube viewing experience. It overlays a 'stop recommending' button on every YouTube video thumbnail, helping you directly report unwanted video recommendations. Additionally, it allows you to contribute to a crowdsourced research study on YouTube's algorithmic behavior. By opting to participate in the study, you aid in understanding and improving one of the most influential recommendation engines in the world - all while maintaining your privacy.

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By: Mozilla Foundation

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Users: 6,000+

Rating: 3.22 (27)

Version: 2.1.2 (Last updated: 2022-12-14)

Creation date: 2020-09-17

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

*://*.youtube.com/*
https://incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org/*
storage
alarms
webRequest

Size: 1.64M

Email: ex*****@mozillafoundation.org

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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# 12997 ▼ 185

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#1583 in Social Networking ▼ 2

#10 in algorithm keyword 2

#23 in recommend keyword 29

#93 in choose keyword 5 ▼ 4

#152 in feedback keyword 33 ▲ 34

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What does it do?

The RegretsReporter extension gives you more control over your YouTube experience. RegretsReporter brings YouTube’s algorithmic controls to the forefront of your feed, giving you a simple way to tell YouTube’s algorithm to stop recommending certain videos, and also to report the recommendations that you regret. RegretsReporter is only for people who are 18 or older. This extension is part of a crowdsourced investigation into YouTube’s algorithm to learn more about what people regret being recommended and how the algorithm responds to user feedback. You can choose to opt-in to donating your data to support our research upon installing the extension. By contributing your data to our research you can help us improve one of the most powerful recommendation engines on the planet.

How does it work?

RegretsReporter overlays a “stop recommending” button onto the thumbnail of each video that appears in your YouTube recommendations. Pressing this button will send feedback directly to YouTube, telling them that you don’t want to be recommended that type of video in the future. After sending this feedback, you can provide an optional comment to help us learn more about why that recommendation was unwanted. If you choose to opt-in to Mozilla’s crowdsourced research project upon installing the extension, Mozilla will monitor your recommendations to see whether YouTube is really listening to the feedback that you send. This contributes to our advocacy work to put people in control of their experiences with online algorithms.

What kind of data am I donating when I use RegretsReporter?

If you choose to opt-in to Mozilla’s crowdsourced research project, the extension will send Mozilla information about the number of videos you view, your use of features to control your recommendations, and what kinds of videos you are recommended. If you choose to opt-out, Mozilla will not receive any data about your YouTube usage as part of our investigation into YouTube’s algorithm.

We encourage users to read our Privacy Notice for more detailed information about data collected through RegretsReporter.

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User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Noninvasive and works to solve the issue of YouTubes faulty, predatory, and numbing algorithm. (An extremely important problem)
Great idea for solving the issue of unwanted recommendations
Has the potential to filter out uninteresting and unwanted content

Cons

Causes issues with YouTube functionality such as commenting, subscribing, and playlists
Clickable area on thumbnails is too big, leading to accidental blocking of liked channels
Breaks YouTube notifications and history functionality

Most mentioned

Breaks YouTube functionality
Great idea, but it breaks YouTube notifications. Please fix this, I want to use it!!!
Noninvasive and works to solve the issue of YouTubes faulty, predatory, and numbing algorithm. (An extremely important problem)

Recent reviews

Great idea, I'll give it 5 to show support but the extension messes some yt feats

Adrian Diaz, 2024-02-19

I removed this because the clickable area is way too big on thumbnails. You end up blocking channels that you really like.

Jake Mayback, 2023-09-12

Не работает

Александр, 2023-08-25

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Safety

Risk impact

RegretsReporter is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install RegretsReporter if you trust the publisher.