Luu Tuyen to Enshittification@lemmy.world • 7 months agoYouTube reportedly testing new homepage that removes dates and view countslemmy.worldimagemessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1683arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1683arrow-down1imageYouTube reportedly testing new homepage that removes dates and view countslemmy.worldLuu Tuyen to Enshittification@lemmy.world • 7 months agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@njm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink34•7 months agoWhat would removing the dates accomplish except making things more confusing and harder to find? What advantage to YouTube is there?
minus-square@SpeakinTelnet@programming.devlinkfedilink24•7 months 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is that it makes it easier to suggest you older content that wouldn’t be interesting when you can see at a glance how outdated it is.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-square@Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•7 months agoI don’t understand why the hell I would want to watch an old ass YouTube video unless I sought it out.
minus-square@SpeakinTelnet@programming.devlinkfedilink4•7 months agoThat’s pretty much my point. You won’t know unless you click
minus-square@njm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•7 months agoHave to wonder if advertisers want to advertise on older videos though.
minus-square@SpeakinTelnet@programming.devlinkfedilink3•7 months agoWould it really matter if they pay per view?
minus-square@Roopappy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink14•7 months agoYouTube’s goal, as was Facebook and Instagram and Twitter and TikTok and everyone else, is to get you to consume what they want you to consume, rather than what you choose to consume.
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is that it makes it easier to suggest you older content that wouldn’t be interesting when you can see at a glance how outdated it is.
I don’t understand why the hell I would want to watch an old ass YouTube video unless I sought it out.
That’s pretty much my point. You won’t know unless you click
Have to wonder if advertisers want to advertise on older videos though.
Would it really matter if they pay per view?
YouTube’s goal, as was Facebook and Instagram and Twitter and TikTok and everyone else, is to get you to consume what they want you to consume, rather than what you choose to consume.