Disliking Shorts will soon be more difficult: YouTube is making this big change

Disliking YouTube Shorts will soon become a little more difficult. The company is changing the function of the dislike button and also its position. This change is currently being tested.

Currently, if you're watching Shorts on YouTube and don't like a video, you can dislike it immediately. However, in the coming days, disliking Shorts will become a bit more complicated. YouTube is changing the function and position of the dislike button. The company is currently testing a new dislike button design that will perform two functions, but its position will change. This means you'll have to put in more effort to dislike Shorts. Let's learn more about this.

This is the change to the dislike button

According to the latest reports, YouTube wants to merge the dislike and "not interested" buttons. Now both actions will be performed with a single button. This means that even if you're not interested in a Short, you'll have to press the dislike button, and you'll also use the same button to dislike a video you don't like. On some users' devices, this button might be displayed with the "Dislike" label, while on others it might show the "Not Interested" label.

The dislike button will no longer be directly visible on the screen

Along with the function, YouTube is also changing its position. Instead of appearing next to the like button, it will now be hidden in the three-dot menu. Pressing this button will signal the algorithm that the user doesn't like this type of content, and it will start showing different content. This isn't the first time such a change has been made to Shorts. YouTube had previously tested a user interface for Shorts where it completely hid the dislike button. YouTube says that some users still haven't understood the function of the "not interested" and dislike buttons, so they are being merged to simplify the process.