Important points
- YouTube is experimenting with hiding view counts and upload dates on its homepage.
- Speculations behind the motivation include a clean UI that promotes interest in non-viral content.
- Users are divided on the potential changes, with a variety of reactions, but few are entirely positive.
Everyone loves a good interface refresh, right?
YouTube’s latest tests include hiding both view counts and Upload the date when you first load the homepage (via Dexerto). The test is not widely available at this time, but early user reactions have ranged from “I don’t think this will help” to “downgrade of the century.” Naturally, there’s no word on the reasons behind the possible changes, but speculation includes both the pursuit of a cleaner UI and an attempt to get people to click on content that hasn’t yet gone viral. Contains.
YouTube is on track with interface changes
For better or worse, the experiment is just the beginning.
Source: @vidIQ on Twitter/X via Dexerto
The newly discovered test balloon comes just ahead of a busy month for the streaming giant Google. While some features, such as the app’s updated mini-player, drew (justified) praise, the hidden “Skip Ads” button saw a friendly back-and-forth between Android Police and Google. and the latter ensured that the button did not work. hiddenit’s just behind something else No more distractions from ads. And that’s not to mention potentially manipulative YouTube Shorts (or should I say YouTube pants?) Swapping the position of the dislike/save buttons and adding comment-heavy hyperlinks.
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All playful mockery aside, it’s so easy to flock to the most popular videos the moment the homepage loads, so it’s not a stretch to imagine that removing views would help people expand their options. The most avid and prolific YouTube viewers typically live for the latest videos, so it doesn’t make much sense to obscure upload dates.
On the other hand, everyone misses things from time to time. By removing the upload date from your front page, you can be sure that users are accessing content that is not their original content. largely Although recent, it is still relevant on certain days. Of course, this depends on YouTube not changing the algorithm that pushes videos far past their prime.
As you might expect, there’s no word on the motivation behind the test or how close it is to reality for the general public. If it depends on user response, YouTube would be wise to avoid a permanent implementation. Some social media users understand that view counts matter, while others don’t mind the loss of upload dates, but fully support YouTube’s latest mysterious test There were hardly any people.
