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YouTube tests removing viewer counts — here’s what we know (www.tomsguide.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Computerchairgeneral@fedia.io 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks Youtube, I hate it. Like I can see some arguments for taking away the view counter, even if I think it's a bad decision. But the date the video was uploaded? Who does that even help? I guess Youtubers will either need to start properly dating their videos or we'll just have to use context clues to figure out when a video was uploaded.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

But the date the video was uploaded? Who does that even help?

There's gaming content that expires within a month, especially with frequent balance and other game changes, like with League of Legends. I won't watch a video that's weeks old because what's being featured probably doesn't work anymore after a patch.