YouTube is Getting Rid of Public Dislikes

[Demon_Skeith]

Now a thing of the past! Though that video has it and sitting at 21k

 

[Fait]

Now a thing of the past! Though that video has it and sitting at 21k

saw that did an article on my own site about this

I guess Meta's Facebook and Instagram has already done something similar which is sad

 

[Tiger21820]

I bet Nintendo is partially responsible for that! Look at how many dislikes their SOS Expansion Crapack got!

 

[Trilient]

Read about this the other day. Now videos will feel cheap, you can still tell when a video is getting massively downvoted though if the views are like 500k and only has 413 likes.

 

[Sincerem]

Any video content posted on YouTube with lots of downvotes shows viewers dissatisfaction. If it satisfied it wouldn't receive downvotes.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I think its from companies that get butt hurt when they get mass downvote, I think we should keep it.

 

[Fait]

I think its from companies that get butt hurt when they get mass downvote, I think we should keep it.

Terrible decision honestly just over a few but hurt people.

 

[froggyboy604]

I feel YouTube maybe trying to attract more big companies and political candidates like Donald Trump who don't want their videos downvoted by their haters who most likely will dislike their video because they don't like the company or political candidate.

At least, removing the dislike button can speed up website loading times on slower internet connections and slower devices like old cheap Android tablets because removing the dislike button means there will be one less button/picture, dislike graph, button link, and dislike button pressing script to load, so people viewing YouTube on a old cell phone or dial-up internet may have slightly faster video and website load times.

 

[Fait]

it was only a matter of time after Netflix.

that's true! and not to mention instagram removing the like count partially.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Terrible decision honestly just over a few but hurt people.

hurt compnies, who most likely toss money at them.

 

[Fait]

hurt compnies, who most likely toss money at them.

That too!
The amount of dislikes that video has is only going to make YouTube want to apply the changes more too.

 

[WildWorldGames]

This is going to backfire so hard. Lmao

 

[Fait]

This is going to backfire so hard. Lmao

So far people are not happy.

 

[Ash]

I think its from companies that get butt hurt when they get mass downvote, I think we should keep it.

YouTube included I guess. That end of the year recap thing they do was not popular (not sure if it was 2020 or the year before)

 

[Sebitude]

Tbf I don't mind so much but it does seem like it's an unnecessary change and Youtube have no doubt bowed down to pressure by their bigger content creators.

 

[Fait]

Tbf I don't mind so much but it does seem like it's an unnecessary change and Youtube have no doubt bowed down to pressure by their bigger content creators.

Agree.

 

[Ash]

The biggest problem is that we just don't know how good a video is before watching it especially for things like tutorials and reviews. You kind of have to check out the comments to see if a video is good or not now

 

[Fait]

The biggest problem is that we just don't know how good a video is before watching it especially for things like tutorials and reviews. You kind of have to check out the comments to see if a video is good or not now

It’s annoying.
I’m not sure how it fixes people’s mental health by disabling the dislike feature they can still see it in the back end.

 

[Ash]

It’s annoying.
I’m not sure how it fixes people’s mental health by disabling the dislike feature they can still see it in the back end.

It's definitely done for the businesses rather than the regular YouTubers. This way, businesses don't get embarrassed when their videos show a large number of dislikes and still advertise on YT

 

[gamersearcher]

we live in a world of haters and frustrated =)
war of attrition on social media !

I won't change the way I use this platform