Luu Tuyen@lemmy.world to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 1 day agoYouTube reportedly testing new homepage that removes dates and view countslemmy.worldimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1569arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1562arrow-down1imageYouTube reportedly testing new homepage that removes dates and view countslemmy.worldLuu Tuyen@lemmy.world to Enshittification@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·10 hours agoWhat would removing the dates accomplish except making things more confusing and harder to find? What advantage to YouTube is there?
minus-squareSpeakinTelnet@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·9 hours agoMy guess is that it makes it easier to suggest you older content that wouldn’t be interesting when you can see at a glance how outdated it is.
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoHave to wonder if advertisers want to advertise on older videos though.
minus-squareNuke_the_whales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 hours agoI don’t understand why the hell I would want to watch an old ass YouTube video unless I sought it out.
What would removing the dates accomplish except making things more confusing and harder to find? What advantage to YouTube is there?
My guess is that it makes it easier to suggest you older content that wouldn’t be interesting when you can see at a glance how outdated it is.
Have to wonder if advertisers want to advertise on older videos though.
I don’t understand why the hell I would want to watch an old ass YouTube video unless I sought it out.