Algorithm Training
Now you can try training one of your apps to show you just one thing.
Here’s how you make different apps and platforms forget what they know about you:
TikTok
- Start by going to your Settings
- Click or tap Content Preferences
- Select Refresh Your For You Feed
- Click or tap Refresh.
- Tap your profile icon (bottom right of the screen)
- Tap the menu icon (the three lines at the top right)
- Choose Your Activity
- Select Recent Searches.
YouTube
- Go to Myactivity.google.com
- Click or tap Manage Your Watch History
- Select Delete Activity
- Choose All Time.
Now you can start to consciously retrain your algorithm:
Try to get the app to only show you one kind of content – all cat videos, for example.
How long does it take?
What works better – liking videos, watching them all to the end, or something else?
If it gives you options for negative feedback, like “Not interested” or “Don’t recommend” buttons, test how well those work at weeding out the content you don’t want to see.