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Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by gadrev »

louissan wrote: post #110

I find this pathetic. As if the removal of the "dislike button" helps in any way, shape or form to create a more "inclusive" environment. This reeks of the silencing of what is perceived as dissident voices, is all. I've personally never hit a like or dislike button in my life, never will ... but found it interesting as a viewer to see the ratio. Even knowing this ratio is probably at least partially the outcome of b…

It is pathethic, I can't put it a better way.

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by esnard »

qwertox wrote: post #4

Hmm. For me the dislike button was informative. If feels like they are trying to create a world where everything can only be good, better, even more better, which just doesn't represent reality. Imagine Stack Overflow only having the option to upvote Questions and Answers. The ratio of likes vs dislikes of a TED talk does help me to decide if I should stop watching a video which just isn't getting better.

Yeah, that bugs me a lot, especially since the comments section of a video can be heavily censored by the author.

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by woah »

louissan wrote: post #110

I find this pathetic. As if the removal of the "dislike button" helps in any way, shape or form to create a more "inclusive" environment. This reeks of the silencing of what is perceived as dissident voices, is all. I've personally never hit a like or dislike button in my life, never will ... but found it interesting as a viewer to see the ratio. Even knowing this ratio is probably at least partially the outcome of b…

I know we're not supposed to tell people to RTFA on here... but i feel like i should tell you that they are not removing the dislike button

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by throwuxiytayq »

gpt5 wrote: post #81
post_break wrote: post #8

So now I can't quickly see if a video how-to is a complete waste of my time or not. Great.

The likes to views ratio is still a useful indicator (although a less obvious one)

I need a FF extension that will display this to me visually.

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by tpoacher »

louissan wrote: post #110

I find this pathetic. As if the removal of the "dislike button" helps in any way, shape or form to create a more "inclusive" environment. This reeks of the silencing of what is perceived as dissident voices, is all. I've personally never hit a like or dislike button in my life, never will ... but found it interesting as a viewer to see the ratio. Even knowing this ratio is probably at least partially the outcome of b…

I think you're probably reading too much into this. It's far less likely to be politically motivated, and much more likely to be profit-motivated.

Quoting from the article: "We understand that some of you have used dislikes to help decide whether or not to watch a video."

Remove negative counts, make people more likely to click on videos, serve more accompanying ads, profit.

Simples.

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