They didn't remove the dislike button. They only hid the number of dislikes. They did that to lower the viewer's chances of clicking it. When you watch an awful video and you see 1 million dislikes, you're more likely to click the dislike button. The opposite applies when you don't see any dislikes. You're more likely just to click off the video or not watch it at all. Dislikes are still counted and collected. You just can't see them.
In terms of regular content yes, but let's be real here. Most users know exactly what they are looking for when they log on. That is why they started "featuring" government run propaganda. It flopped and people downvoted the shit out of it, so they removed the dislike count so it doesn't sway others to down vote the content too. That's the point.
I used to watch videos depending on the like/dislike ratio. Now that I can’t see the ratio I’m finding myself just not watching at all. I’m not going to invest any time watching potentially shitty videos.
Your friendly reminder that y'all can still type DISLIKE in the comments!
Exactly. We need to start the comment section with a top comment of..
Vote for the video here:
<reply1> Like this to LIKE the video.
<reply2> Like this to DISLIKE the video.
and let people vote them
Like!
They didn’t remove the dislike button, just the count from public view so you can’t determine like:dislike ratio. Can still dislike.
Find a browser extension that brings back the dislikes.
hooktube
It must have gotten tiring to constantly delete dislikes across thousands of videos. Wouldn't want that job.
true lol
Bring it back! https://au.pcmag.com/old-video-streaming-services/91167/browser-extension-brings-back-dislike-count-to-youtube-videos
They didn't remove the dislike button. They only hid the number of dislikes. They did that to lower the viewer's chances of clicking it. When you watch an awful video and you see 1 million dislikes, you're more likely to click the dislike button. The opposite applies when you don't see any dislikes. You're more likely just to click off the video or not watch it at all. Dislikes are still counted and collected. You just can't see them.
In terms of regular content yes, but let's be real here. Most users know exactly what they are looking for when they log on. That is why they started "featuring" government run propaganda. It flopped and people downvoted the shit out of it, so they removed the dislike count so it doesn't sway others to down vote the content too. That's the point.
I used to watch videos depending on the like/dislike ratio. Now that I can’t see the ratio I’m finding myself just not watching at all. I’m not going to invest any time watching potentially shitty videos.
Been saying this for a while.
Dislike button is still there, the dislike count is gone. Huge, though. They've lost control.
Dislike.