Currently we're using youtube API to get dislikes count ...so they just hid it from the user, and the actual number is still there if you know where to look? That's surprising.
The API will be removed in mid December.
Return YouTube dislike count
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#22the new dislike count will just be spammed "dislike" comments.
At least until the system starts auto-flagging them to be hidden, yes.
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#23the new dislike count will just be spammed "dislike" comments.
The YouTube channel can arbitrarily delete comments on their video.
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#24This is a weirdly polarizing topic. I don't think I've ever clicked on the dislike button, personally (but I do click on the like button, occasionally).
It would seem like people use the dislike button to signal that "I don't agree with the premise of the video" as much as it's to signal that "this video is actually crap". Same as with Reddit downvotes - it shouldn't be used for downvoting legit content that you don't agree with but.. we've all seen how that works in practice.
IMO the dislike count is useless for filtering out "bad" content - you have no idea if it's really a crap video or if it was just brigaded by people who live by "alternative facts" and don't like the specific video due to it having _actual_ facts (or.. politics). Other than certain genres.. like children videos/animations.. there's no political agenda there and dislikes are a genuine "this video is crap" indicator :)
Edit: as is rightfully pointed out in replies, tutorial/how-to videos are other some of the other genres of videos where the dislike count is actually really useful. I totally agree with this - I just gave one example of children videos but there are definitely others as well.
However I still think that in the bigger picture, these genres are popular amongst us, HN folks, but by far the most YT video views come from genres where dislikes are an indication of "I don't agree with you / I don't like this genre of music / I have a different political view / I'm too old to understand this crap that kids are consuming these days / etc". I hope I'm wrong though :)
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#25Hopefully the community will come together and figure out a good solution for the mess that YT is creating.
ive used youtube daily for years and never once looked at or clicked the dislike button (or the like button). seems to work fine for me
I use it prolifically to mark videos that are hard to watch or lack the content they claim they contain. I consider it a noble service to my peers.
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#26Hopefully the community will come together and figure out a good solution for the mess that YT is creating.
Most of the community likely watches videos through Reddit or FB which have built-in downvotes so they won't even notice.
I'm guessing YouTube regrets putting comments and votes on its videos in the first place. Embedding YT videos still gives YT views (unlike, say, reposting a gif to 4chan) and I would think that they'd prefer FB/Reddit would just eat the controversy over curating comments and votes instead of having to subsidize it themselves.
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#27Currently we're using youtube API to get dislikes count ...so they just hid it from the user, and the actual number is still there if you know where to look? That's surprising.
It's visible to the uploader only, so yes it's still there.
yes, they removed the dislike count to shield creators from "attacks" to improve their mental health, so the only one you can see it now is the creator. YT is either very stupid or their lying about their motive. I wonder which one is it.
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#28Hopefully the community will come together and figure out a good solution for the mess that YT is creating.
ive used youtube daily for years and never once looked at or clicked the dislike button (or the like button). seems to work fine for me
I've used YouTube daily for years and always found it quite useful to see dislike bar, because it's rare to see more than 10% dislikes on a video, so whenever that happens, you know that something's wrong.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, the way it’s always done.
Is it? Is there a good community alternative to Whatsapp and Facebook that is also used by people other than terrorists and right wing activists (joke)? Last time I tried to switch to an alternative, I ended up with my messaging spread out to many apps. So I ended up going back to the common denominator: Whatsapp
I message almost everyone I know on Signal. I have WhatsApp installed (no permissions) for when I need to contact someone who doesn't have it.
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#30I think the removal of the Dislike shows one of the key problems of Social Media. They want to act as old school broadcasters in the information age. The Dislike button made companies immediately aware of the success of a campaign, something that terrified the heads of marketing. The idea is that once you remove the risk of executives to be exposed to bad publicity will go away. I don't think it will work but it show…
Democracy dies in darkness. This is another step towards the shade...
This is far FAR too melodramatic of a reaction