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		Spivak on Nov 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making the dislike count private across YouTube The usefulness of data depends on its quality. If people are submitting lots of thoughtful 1-star reviews then yeah, it's a stupid move. But if when you looked at 1-star reviews, and they were basically the junk ramblings of trolls then you might get a better signal of quality buy just ignoring them.

crackercrews on Nov 10, 2021 [–]

Viewers can judge for themselves whether the downvotes are signal or noise. For me, it's been a clear signal.

And this move is a clear signal also, of whose pocket Google are in.

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