YouTube has announced that the number of dislikes videos get on YouTube will soon be hidden from view.
The company conducted research this year have decided to now make the change permanent.
YouTube says that the dislike button will still be available to use. However, viewers will no longer be able to see how many people have disliked the video they are watching.
YouTube believe that there have been cases of what they describe as “dislike attacks” on some videos.
This is a tactic where viewers band together and encourage others to increase the number of dislikes on a video. This maybe seen by many as a form of bullying and harassment on the platform.
During the experiment YouTube said that they saw a reduction in dislike attacks.
However, some people believe that with no ability to show dislikes some fake news or disinformation may be able to get onto the platform.
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no
oh wow
that’s good
ok that not cool
wow
i think its a good idea. good for them
I love youtube so much i wanted to by the company! But I changed my mind.
i thought they already did
thats kind of good
I dont even use it anyway
they are embarrassed that one of their videos is the most disliked video on the internet
that is good
theres no point of doing this, the main reason youtube removed the dislike button was because it was thought to have been bad for the youtuber but yet they make the dislike button visible to the creat
Well that is what you get for hating on people online