# YouTube previews no longer have video length **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-previews-no-longer-have-video-length/955858 "2021-12-10T21:49:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-previews-no-longer-have-video-length/955858/5 "2021-12-10T22:02:15Z")
> [@Kimera757](#): > > but not the number of dislikes Thread about that here: > [@Youtube eliminates dislike counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-eliminates-dislike-counter/955405): > > I knew this was in the works, but they just made it live a day or two ago. Where before Youtub would display a counter of both likes and dislikes, now they are only showing the likes count. It’s a free product so they can do what they want, but I’m just noticing how annoying the change is. I used to filter stuff like recipe videos by comparing the ratio of dislikes to likes to get a quick sense of whether the recipe is judged as trustworthy or good by viewers, but now I don’t have that. I discov… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-previews-no-longer-have-video-length/955858)._