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So this means I can't dislike Gaga hate videos anymore? 

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Christopher Rolas

Guess who's gonna get most profit out of this. 

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Christopher Rolas

It's actually a bad idea, many times you don't need to watch the whole video to know the quality of it and that's thanks to the dislike count.

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Christopher Rolas
13 minutes ago, Abbey911 said:

So this means I can't dislike Gaga hate videos anymore? 

You can but others than the owner of the video won't get to see the dislikes.

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2 hours ago, Ronnie said:

Why not just get rid of it entirely? 

 

1 hour ago, godnhat said:

Seems silly to just hide it. Why not just remove it?

 

I'm pretty sure it's because of the algorithm. Whenever you dislike a video, youtube becomes less likely to show you videos similar to that one. 

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Meruk Holland

I actually think this is ultimately going to be a positive thing. The dislike ratio informs new viewers how they should feel about the video before even watching it. And the dislike button is still used by the algorithm to tailor your own suggested videos. Which is really great if for some reason you start getting suggested videos that you find annoying or infuriating. There is also the phenomenon where people will mass dislike videos not because of the quality of the video, but because of controversial topics it may touch on, like LGBT topics. If the dislike count isn't shown, it will discourage people's "public" disagreement. They'll have to write a comment, and other people will have to scroll down and maybe see it.

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This is self serving, like someone else said, to major accounts and corporations and whatever they put out. Dislike buttons are the least toxic way of expressing your disagreement online without verbally harassing an individual. Not everyone is happy and in agreement all the time, bad idea.

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1 hour ago, jacs vs looser said:

 

 

I'm pretty sure it's because of the algorithm. Whenever you dislike a video, youtube becomes less likely to show you videos similar to that one. 
 

 

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Bella Goth

i mean.. why just not remove the like dislike button entirely?

or just show the video is liked or disliked, dont show both number.

its like "i dont take critisism" behavior

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Whew! A moment :billie:

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RudraCNG

How is that a good thing????? Dislike ratio is f*cking useful in order to see if a tutorial is valid or a "scam". It's also a good way to discredit megacorps when they announce something abusive to the consumer (i'm thinking on the nintendo switch online upgrade). Don't tell me some of you actually believe youtube's official pr statement :awkney: Sure, they do it for the "small channels"... as if they didn't implemented years ago a feature that allows you to remove the like/dislike ratio

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