It does the same with subscribe, I think. (I actually removed all those buttons from the desktop interface, using uBlock Origin, so I never see them.)

i kinda fucks with it it’s fun

I feel like its been there for like half a year or so, for me at least

it’s so so dumb.

quite the contrary, it’s incredibly effective.

Damn, I read this out loud and now my algorithm is fucked

I noticed this with the Subscribe button yesterday actually.

Lets get sane, use Freetube or one invidious web instance instead

im pretty sure it happens whenever someone says “like”