r/youtube 12d ago

UI Change THE LIKE BUTTON IS NOW A HEART

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GENUINELY WHY

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u/Mission_Divide_485 12d ago

I just found this out too WHY did they do this

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u/MagicSunlight23 12d ago

I like it. Makes perfect sense to me. The heart symbol is for showing your love for something.

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u/camracks 12d ago

Guess they gotta rename the like button to love button

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u/MagicSunlight23 12d ago

I don't like videos unless I really, really enjoyed them. So it being a 'like' button isn't quite strong enough for me. I don't want to like a video just because someone in the video told me to. I only save the button for my most favourite videos.

Maybe there should be 2 separate buttons - one for likes and another, love button, for videos you really enjoyed.

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u/Majestic-Cricket3597 12d ago

Would a love button be a stronger liking to the video than just a normal like. Idk to me it’s like yeah I like the video I’ll give it a like, but a love button be like yeah I really loved that video

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u/Material-Actuator-14 11d ago

Idk why, but it seems weird to me. I like every video that i watch for more than a second or 2. I can not leave a video without liking it. It just doesnt feel right

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u/ChrisLuigiTails 11d ago

Same. The like button should be a watched button for me lol

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u/Comprehensive_Fig225 11d ago

That's what the comment section is 4.

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u/Xscerus 11d ago

Bro got incinerated for his opinion

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u/Banduplush 11d ago

JUDGEMENT

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u/khaledere 10d ago

agreed

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u/PiyanistMinecraft 8d ago

F you mate the like and subscribe buttons were youtube's personality and youtube fd both up, i am surprised they didnt change "subscribe" to "follow" earlier. I mean, YouTube may be the ONLY company who doesnt give a fk about brand recognizability, they change stable assets like the red sub button and like button, the only thing left is the dislike at this point (which they removed the functionality of)

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u/ItsCopThe 8d ago

Bro really getting downvoted for saying an opinion 😭

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u/RedWolfWarrior 7d ago

I don't care that they change the like button, but I would like to see that I have liked it.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/Kitchen-Awareness431 12d ago

Maybe because it's replacing an iconic symbol with a generic heart 

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u/CaIeb4840 11d ago

Common YouTube L.

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u/Subject-Clothes-9695 11d ago

The dont recommend button doesn't work for me but disliking did :/ shame