The YouTube like button glows when you say "smash that like button" [video]

Re:The YouTube like button glows when you say "smash that li... by vijucat on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @01:21PM (#41301978)

What about if I say, "Please don't smash that like button" or "Smash that like button if you're an idiot"? Just wondering if it is based on transcript-grepping or does it even consider sentence semantics? (I know, overkill. Please don't implement that, YT engineers. You've heard of "boiling the ocean to make a cup of tea", right?)

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Re:The YouTube like button glows when you say "smash that li... by Axsuul on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @02:04PM (#41302380)

It should still highlight it to clarify which button they're referring to

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Re:The YouTube like button glows when you say "smash that li... by arder on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @05:59AM (#41308596)

If I were youtube I'd be concerned about the opposite. The whole point of youtube is you have all these different creators doing different things in different ways and youtube has stepped and said "No, don't do it your way, say our exact phrase and we'll help you". The downstream impact of that is Youtube's thumb on the scale is going to drive everyone to one particularly unconvincing phrase.

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