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Ask HN: Is YouTube hiding publish dates?

1 points by vanillaicesquad ↗ HN
I can't find the date of a published video anymore in youtube, or it's difficult (and wasn't before).

I thought it might be an extension[0], but its happening on chrome on my laptop too.

[0]: I had an idea to create an extension that hides every number >4 on the web, so that i am not bothered with "gamification".. but its not that

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slater
I thought the same thing the other week, but noticed it disappears when there's not enough space to show it? Try maximizing browser, reducing font size, etc.
vanillaicesquad
Yes, i am using big screens lately and the responsive css9 seems to be broken.. like a bad update?

Because it's the first time it's happened.

TLDR Change resolution / screen size

vanillaicesquad
Sorry, i mean it's not broken. The only problem with the css is that you cannot see the publish date of a video, but everything else is fine
matt3210
*sadface* Publish date is important for educational videos especially in development!
vanillaicesquad
Yes, many times youtube redirects you to old videos. So i don't think they will fix it
ksaj
I see the short date info (3 years ago) on thumbnails and the full date under the video page's title and right after the number of views.

Maybe something on YouTube got updated, and you were seeing some cached bit of code that didn't jibe right.

hansword
I had the same problem, was a size cutoff caused by me setting the scaling to 200% or something. Once I reset scaling, date is back.

Hope it is that easy for you, and it isn't a bigger problem.

vanillaicesquad
Yes! Screen resolution on new Windows laptops is 150%.

This gave me trouble on my last job, a jira extension didn't work at 150%

(HAHAHAHAHA Jira.. i know)