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Making the dislike count private across YouTube
You have always been able to hide the like/dislike count on your published videos.
Let's not be stupid about this. The only people benefitting from this change are the shady ones.
Jensson
on Nov 10, 2021
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They do it so the likes can be displayed while hiding the dislikes. This encourages controversial videos, which is good for youtube since "all engagement is good engagement".
cinntaile
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Controversial videos aren't necessarily shady.
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Let's not be stupid about this. The only people benefitting from this change are the shady ones.