The only feature that actually protected us from nonsense videos

    by meshakooo

    23 Comments

    1. DidIDoAThoughtCrime on

      Similarly I miss when Reddit used to show the number of downvotes a comment had.

    2. hug_me_im_scared_ on

      Dislike buttons and removing all the useless ai features! I also dislike short form content and ragebait, but I guess those are here to stay smh

    3. dae_giovanni on

      but showing dislikes might cause potential viewers to nope out and then that video misses out on ad views.

      the people running yt want _more_ views, not fewer

    4. lowtoiletsitter on

      And they got rid of it because “they didn’t want to upset the creators”

    5. mike_jones2813308004 on

      But then how would the shareholders get maximum value for the ads and sponsored content (also ads) they shove down the unwitting throats of product?

    6. Infamous-GoatThief on

      The ability to give wordless negative feedback that others can see without actually engaging is definitely important imo

      Like, I gotta click on a video to see the comments, that’s pretty much the only other place you can put negative feedback on YT, and at that point you’ve already supported the creator by giving them a view and watching whatever ad comes on before the video.

    7. Honestly, what’s the point of keeping the dislike button if you can’t tell how many people disliked it?

    8. thetrueblackpanther on

      For real. Hate watching something that randomly pivots into some sus as a fuck bullshit half way through.

    9. napoelonDynaMighty on

      They know people will massively downvote all of the AI slop videos that they’re selling ads on these days

      They like the fact that it takes about 15 seconds to realize a video is slop and by that time you done already watch 4 unskippable ads to even get the video on.

    10. gassytinitus on

      Wish reddit brought it back too. Now you can only see if you’re in the negatives. Tiktok could use that too, because it would stop so many stupid arguments of “look how many people liked my comment”

    11. dazedan_confused on

      I think the issue is that it can be subject to manipulation, where videos are disliked because of an event or a general dislike of the creator.

    12. MAGAHATESTHEUSA on

      The downvotes affected the right wing algorithm too much so they took it out.

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