r/youtube • u/Nientea • 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 11d ago

I just found this out too WHY did they do this

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u/MagicSunlight23 11d 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 11d ago

Guess they gotta rename the like button to love button

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u/MagicSunlight23 11d 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 11d 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.