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[GrayFoxPL]

 

[Md Ray]

This is a shitty move.

Fact Check-YouTube is conducting experiment on hiding dislike counts on videos | Reuters

 

[GHG]

Another victory for Snowflake society.

Well done for participating, everyone's a winner. No tears, only dreams.

Not sure how and when this all ends but it's going to be interesting to witness. Probably going to get a lot worse before it gets better though.

 

[GymWolf]

What happened?! Too much complains from frail snowflakes youtubers?!

Youtube completely turned into shit lately.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

This is a shitty move.

Fact Check-YouTube is conducting experiment on hiding dislike counts on videos | Reuters

WTF.

 

[Robb]

If you're not showing numbers for thumbs down I don't really understand why you'd show it for thumbs up.

Just remove the numbers for both or keep them for both.

 

[skit_data]

Don’t understand this move. It’s probably nothing in gaming but how is this a good thing to do when so many people present their made up beliefs and anecdotes as facts to drive their crazy agendas, be it religious or ideological? Shouldn’t it be possible to dislike something that is plain wrong?

Everytime I think about dislike buttons and wether they should exist I think about ReviewtechUSA and then apply that to Science, Economy and Politics and realize we need a dislike button for people that regularly upload innaccuracies for millions of viewers presenting it as facts.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Just another way of manufacturing consent.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Another victory for Snowflake society.

Well done for participating, everyone's a winner. No tears, only dreams.

Not sure how and when this all ends but it's going to be interesting to witness. Probably going to get a lot worse before it gets better though.

Sounds like a good idea, allows people that are not mentally deficient to advance in life and leave complaining on social media to all the losers.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Don’t understand this move. It’s probably nothing in gaming but how is this a good thing to do when so many people present their made up beliefs and anecdotes as facts to drive their crazy agendas, be it religious or ideological? Shouldn’t it be possible to dislike something that is plain wrong?

Disliking something can cause a psychological harm to content creator, this they should be protected. Snowflake society.

 

[cormack12]

Don’t understand this move. It’s probably nothing in gaming but how is this a good thing to do when so many people present their made up beliefs and anecdotes as facts to drive their crazy agendas, be it religious or ideological? Shouldn’t it be possible to dislike something that is plain wrong?

Everytime I think about dislike buttons and wether they should exist I think about ReviewtechUSA and then apply that to Science, Economy and Politics and realize we need a dislike button for people that regularly upload innaccuracies for millions of viewers presenting it as facts.

Exactly what happens when someone like TheQuartering/Soph Narwitz puts a video up and gets a huge amount of likes for pushback against SJW etc.

 

[Portugeezer]

I feel much safer already.

 

[Spukc]

Nice
Only positive stuff

 

[Derift]

You guys know that the content creator still sees the dislikes?? Why do you care if its liked or disliked... the dislikes will still effect the algorithm

 

[SJRB]

Cringe

 

[jaysius]

This is pure trash, for a topic that I'm mildly interested in and I'm not sure what's correct, I check the like dislike ratio, if it's looking bad I'll look in the comments to see what the issue is. Without that guide aspect YouTube losses some of its value.

If someone is getting more dislikes than likes on Astrophysics the chances are they're wrong rather than offending snowflakes.

 

[Orpheum]

Jesus....if you produce shitty content just deal with the like/dislike ratio. There's already the function to disable ratings altogether so what purpose does this now serve

 

[ZehDon]

"In response to creator feedback around well-being..."

"Creators, you'll still be able to see the exact number of likes and dislikes in YouTube Studio..."

My bullshit-sense is tingling - it's obviously not for the Creators benefit.

I'm guessing they're trying to see if visible dislike ratios impacts engagement - does it actually matter, or is it just internet-warriors making a fuss. Unfortunately, this leaves like-to-view ratio as the only publicly visible metric YouTube offers with which to gauge general response to the video. And once that becomes the defacto method for determining public opinion - which will be less accurate than the like/dislike ratio - I'm betting YouTube will simply bin the publicly visible like/dislike feature altogether.

Nothing says "social media" like turning your users into voiceless cattle whose express purpose is to be fed whatever you decide is good for them.

 

[TLZ]

What heppened?! Too much complains from frail snowflakes youtubers?!

Youtube completely turned into shit lately.

It's probably the big companies that don't like it. It hurts their product.

 

[KungFucius]

That's terrible. There is already an option to disable likes/dislikes. Giving the timing, this is probably due to LGBT videos getting a lot of dislikes.

So it is bigots that ruined it, not snowflakes. Why can't people just keep their ignorant hate to themselves instead of ruining shit for the rest of us?

Not that I have ever used dislike, but I find it amusing that some people dislike popular songs.

 

[GymWolf]

It's probably the big companies that don't like it. It hurts their product.

That's because they use woke shit stuff and get blasted in the comments.

 

[ZywyPL]

So there won't be a way to tell if you're about to get clickbaited and waste your time, good job Google, good job.

 

[MayauMiao]

Disabling dislikes only tells me the video is so bad that the creator had to disable it.

I will by default hit the dislike button any videos that had it disabled.

 

[FunkMiller]

Well, of course.

How on earth are major corporations going to be able to sell you their gormless shit, if you have a chance to show them and others that you disapprove of it? Think of all that marketing money down thr drain if people are allowed to be critical openly!

...oh no... sorry... wait... this was done 'for the creators' wasn't it?

Yes, yes. That's right.

 

[chonga]

This is a shitty move.

Fact Check-YouTube is conducting experiment on hiding dislike counts on videos | Reuters

This will prevent targeted dislike campaigns, sure. But I fail to see how this will improve wellbeing. That is on the video's creator. In other words 'my video is massively disliked, OMG my mental state'.

But they still see their figures privately, so they'd still be depressed about it.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

The people have less power every day

 

[Spaceman292]

If the creators can see the score anyway then what's the point?

 

[CitizenZ]

I guess that continuous 3/1 ratio on fake news finally was the last straw. I mean hell, you cant even comment anymore.

The press is our chief ideological weapon- NK

 

[Outrunner]

Who can possibly care about this?

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Reminds me of the shite Instagram move.

 

[Rossco EZ]

It's probably the big companies that don't like it. It hurts their product.

exactly, this is probably the main reason.. as well as some snowflakes that can’t take criticism.

 

[captainnapalm]

I'm sure this has nothing to do with no one trusting mainstream media and the establishment anymore and the likes and dislikes often reflecting that. So desperate to control the narrative.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

So there won't be a way to tell if you're about to get clickbaited and about to waste your time, good job Google, good job.

Seems like you go check the goals/highlights on youtube like most of us after a match.

 

[A Most Virtuous Cat]

Ahh, Stalin would be proud

 

[MayauMiao]

It's probably the big companies that don't like it. It hurts their product.

That and..

 

[TheDreadLord]

And there is no campaign to give likes to these people? Many youtubers literally spend half of the video asking people to press the like button. This is just the Youtube establishment trying to protect their market share from emerging/independent content creators.

 

[Skifi28]

Better protect those feelings.

 

[Mattyp]

Lmao, I remember when they first even changed the colours. This was always coming.

 

[reksveks]

Good move in my opinion, the algo will still use the feedback.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

That and..

...and she has Polish last name.

 

[Birdo]

Did Amy Schumer start a channel?

 

[V1LÆM]

might as well just start wrapping everyone up in wool

 

[SoggyBiscuit]

I don't see what benefit this brings to ANYONE. Given the statistics are still visible to content creators it's not exactly wrapping people in wool as much as it is just obfuscating data points.

 

[Great Hair]

Strange, on my end i still have both visible. Did they change their mind?

So what is the truth about sumo wrestling? I kinda want to know now, but without investing 15 minutes of my time, title sounds like clickbait too

Haven't watched it yet.
My guess: "Yakuza behind the sport, rigging the results"

Nothing about Yakuza. Definitely worth a watch.

 

[SoggyBiscuit]

Strange, on my end i still have both visible. Did they change their mind?

It's being tested so not available to everyone as of yet.

 

[anthony2690]

Disliking something can cause a psychological harm to content creator, this they should be protected. Snowflake society.

I think you're wrong here, because youtubers can still see and be sad about their dislike ratio.

I think this could be more for big brands/products/trailers etc.

 

[Banjo64]

Strange, on my end i still have both visible. Did they change their mind?

Not fully rolled out yet;

If you're part of this small experiment, you might spot one of these designs in the coming weeks (example below!).

YouTube died as soon as they sold out to advertisers. Arseholes.

 

[OrionNebula]

No negative.
It’s almost like…

 

[anthony2690]

Strange, on my end i still have both visible. Did they change their mind?

So what is the truth about sumo wrestling? I kinda want to know now, but without investing 15 minutes of my time, title sounds like clickbait too

 

[Captain Toad]

I have no strong opinion on this either way.

Is this forum not similar? There's no "dislike" option. I'm not saying there should or shouldn't be, just pointing it out.