Making the dislike count private across YouTube • Hacker News Board

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by remram » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 5:52 PM UTC

cute_boi wrote: post #20

I am very ambivalent about this decision. I have saved multiple hours just by watching ratio of like and dislikes. At least show us the ratio and better hide the like count too. (but we know they wont hide like count because they want to keep user engaged to earn more advertising $$$) Just to appease few creator taking away the functionality just seem abysmal to me.

Also you could already disable showing the count of likes and dislikes publicly.

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 5:52 PM UTC

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Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by adamc » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 5:53 PM UTC

Well, it was a good way to get me to cancel youtube premium. It seems like a clear indicator that we are the product, and content creators the actual customers.

No worries, there are always alternatives.

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by jackTheMan » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 5:53 PM UTC

Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #17

No doubt, both Kremlin and White House would be very happy about it.

Dont forget Beijing

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by subsubzero » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 5:54 PM UTC

This still seems like a huge disconnect to what people use youtube for vs. what google thinks it should be used for.

Google wants youtube to be all network and brands making content. ie. a future version of what TV is now. What actual people want is creator made videos(diy/review/podcast videos and everything else that make youtube wonderful).

This disconnect has been happening since google bought youtube and this recent change only reflects google wanting to hide backlash/or dislike from who it sees should rightfully be on youtube, brands/networks/corporations.

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by jcun4128 » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 5:54 PM UTC

Annoying like how they won't show ratings on search results, particularly annoying on fake movie trailers or generally anything fake like fake spacex live streams with crypto scams on top.

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by miamiwebdesign » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 5:54 PM UTC

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.

Feel like this is a necessary feature. A compromise would be to turn it off for ads but leave it on for everything else...I'm lost now, gonna be hard to quickly determine garbage from good insight.

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by sellyme » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 5:55 PM UTC

I'm getting real sick of websites I use becoming less and less functional the bigger they get.

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by adamc » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 5:55 PM UTC

cute_boi wrote: post #20

I am very ambivalent about this decision. I have saved multiple hours just by watching ratio of like and dislikes. At least show us the ratio and better hide the like count too. (but we know they wont hide like count because they want to keep user engaged to earn more advertising $$$) Just to appease few creator taking away the functionality just seem abysmal to me.

I'm not even ambivalent. It is clearly hostile toward the viewers, but helps content creators (or some content creators).

Google is an ad-supported company. They are there to sell you soap, and have no more morality than P&G or Walmart. Their slogan might as well be "Evil for a buck".

Re: Making the dislike count private across YouTube

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Post by rektide » Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 5:56 PM UTC

Reducing what the worlds gets to see, what feedback/visibility we have, is going to be such a sad sad ongoing theme for this ultra-consumerized/consumptive information-technology. There's no reason to let us be informed consumers.