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YouTube’s ‘like’ button isn’t broken, it’s just hiding

No more smashing that like button.

By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. As spotted earlier by 9to5Google, the like counter still goes up when you press it, but what’s left is just an empty gray space where the thumbs-up icon should be. Severalusers, including myself and my colleagues, have spotted the vanishing like button across several YouTube videos and in different web browsers.

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