I think instead of combining shorts and YouTube
They should be two separate things.
Here is how this could actually have a positive impact:
if your separate shorts and YouTube rank this would revive TIK tok rank and shorts creators.
For those of you who don’t know, you cannot apply to TIK tok rank or YouTube rank if you make shorts. You have to be invited for you to get this rank. This is because you could have someone edit a very good clip yet have someone like evident who uploads actual content fall under the same category
In the end I think shorts should be Branched off from YouTube rank