
Joe Hindy / Android Authority
TL;DR
- YouTube is testing a merged thumbs-down option on Shorts that combines “Dislike” and “Not interested.”
- The new thumbs-down button is being moved behind the three-dot menu for the test.
- YouTube says the change is meant to make it more straightforward to tune Shorts recommendations.
Along with almost every other element of the platform, YouTube has been tinkering with how feedback works on Shorts for a while. The experimenting continues, and some viewers are…

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