Currently, public sub counts are abbreviated in most but not all places across YouTube. In August, we’ll make this more consistent by always showing abbreviated sub counts publicly. Creators: You’ll still see your full sub count in Studio! Learn more → http://yt.be/help/abbrev-count …pic.twitter.com/pmaKk4EU4k
I would say "This is probably the most pointless change to YouTube's UI ever" except it isn't even that. It's an outright step back. You are literally obscuring data from your users for seemingly no reason.
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People would have complained about this being pointless, that you should focus on more important issues even if you said the opposite, that unabbreviated sub counts would now be everywhere. You went a step farther and made something that people already dislike unavoidable
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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