SoggyBiscuit
Banned
I think it's different from your example. A dislike button would stifle discussion and lead to empty threads.
Besides, there are always ways to get creative with showing your dislike to posts here
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Youtube stops showing the number of negative scores.
Besides, there are always ways to get creative with showing your dislike to posts here
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
It's honestly useless like the thumbs up, serves only the algorithm and the ego of few frustrated ppl. Views and Watching time are already the best tool to rate a video, we don't want to listen to the opinions of a random user, especially when most opinions count less than the shit of a doggo anyway. If it was for me I'd be removing even the thumbs up and the comments. For a better world.
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GrayFoxPL
Member
Unknown?
Member
The thing is that the creators can still see the dislikes, I believe, in their creator tools.
SLB1904
Banned
I tried to dislike this post. Fuck off neogaf. I'm tired of positivity in this forum
MiguelItUp
Member
I don't think it's a big deal. I mean, yeah, it was a good way for viewers to tell the creator they were unhappy with what they saw. However, while there were times it was being used well. There were also times it was being abused. Just like what we've seen with review bombing, and other similar things.
Just another example of why we can't have nice things, really.
Besides, it sounds like the creator can toggle it on or off?
Just another example of why we can't have nice things, really.
Besides, it sounds like the creator can toggle it on or off?
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scoobidoo112
Member
This has nothing to do with protecting creators and everything to do with manufacturing consent, marketability and their bottom line. Same thing happened with Netflix and their rating system. Too many people disliked a thing they wanted to market to the masses so they took the rating system away.
MayauMiao
Member
I wish I can dislike that statement.
Simple_respond
Neo Member
please tell me this is a joke.......
Kamina
Golden Boy
i dont need a dislike function on GAF when i can just laugh at your opinion.
GrayFoxPL
Member
This is a joke.
30yearsofhurt
Member
What game is this youtube?
Simple_respond
Neo Member
well see they are censoring everything else. Most if not all cannot say how they really feel on posts or the hammer comes down.
Miles708
Member
Agree with people saying this is for the big ad spenders. Uncontrollable negativity or trolling is bad marketing.
I could say this is not that bad of a move, but it's an indication of a general trend that can only point towards censorship and increasingly moderated content.
Internet will soon be a 50's "american nuclear family" ad, 24/7. Joy.
I could say this is not that bad of a move, but it's an indication of a general trend that can only point towards censorship and increasingly moderated content.
Internet will soon be a 50's "american nuclear family" ad, 24/7. Joy.
killatopak
Gold Member
Yup, only be positive, sell sell sell, everyone that criticises our product is toxic and entilted, sell sell sell.
Snowflakes are a fart in the wind compare to Marketing and the advertisement industry
Simple_respond
Neo Member
without criticism you can never get better. Without (positive) negative feedback how can you grow? Its a one track "mind". How can you create something magnificent and one of a kind without someone saying " nope not good enough". yes from what i read the creators see them, but I still see it at one sided.
Ezquimacore
Banned
ZywyPL
Banned
There's "LOL" emoji whenever you wanna laugh at someones bullshit. And there's also the ignore button if you really dislike what someone is saying.
Cre8
You want a shot at the champ? [NG gif winner July 23]
The "dislike" option has been replace by the emojis. So that's a win in my opinion.
Konnor
Member
wipeout364
Member
This is actually if I had to guess coming from big corporate companies who get review bombed (High ratio of down votes to upvotes) for posting stupid pandering videos. They likely are paying YouTube to have their their videos moved high up in the what to watch algorithm and don’t want negative votes associated with their paid advertisement.
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nkarafo
Member
If you can't see the ratio between like/dislike then what's the point in just having the number of likes visible? It really doesn't say anything. "Hey look, 500 likes!" Yeah but you can't see the 10.000 dislikes so what does that mean? That a bunch of people like this? Well no shit.
Also, creators could already remove the like/dislike ratio in their videos if they wanted.
So this achieves nothing other than having just the likes visible, painting a false picture and making corporate videos (that the vast majority of people dislike) look good.
Also, creators could already remove the like/dislike ratio in their videos if they wanted.
So this achieves nothing other than having just the likes visible, painting a false picture and making corporate videos (that the vast majority of people dislike) look good.
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xrnzaaas
Member
This isn't testing, more like slowly introducing the 'feature' like they've done with other controversial features in the past. Honestly I'm surprised how long it's taken them to remove downvoting since everything has to spread a positive message and be non-offensive these days. The only thing we can do is to avoid sharing, commenting and watching in full videos deserving to be downvoted so that they don't gain a lot of watch time and the algorithms don't push them to more recommended feeds.
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TheGodfather07
Member
I was expecting this. I noticed recently that every news video we get about covid from official channels like BBC and sky news had massive dislike ratios. I knew something would be done about it.
Captain Toad
Banned
But, unlike YouTube's like/dislike, all the emojis get tallied together in one "reaction" score.
ZywyPL
Banned
AHAHAHAH this is brilliant! xD
Md Ray
Member
No, Mr. Shalad... Like YouTube said on their twitter in post #2, "if you're a part of this experiment, you might spot one of these designs in the coming weeks".
It looks like you and I are not a part of this experiment (yet).
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Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Wait secondSocial media
The Cockatrice
Gold Member
Cant wait for DIY videos hiding the dislikes and making people do dumb shit that could potentially harm others or themselves.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
I understand why you and others hate this move, but there's good reason to do this. The amount of hate and vile that's on the internet is incredible. To some degree it is just too much. And it's not like every social media site has thumbs down or down voting. Instagram doesn't have an "F-You" button for instance.
Oddvintagechap
Member
Basically. This.
SafeOrAlone
Banned
Death Stranding predicted this!!
GHG
Gold Member
People not liking things and other people for whatever reason is a fact of life.
Just like there's a lot of negativity on the Internet there is also a lot of positivity, it's impossible to have one without the other. If someone decides to focus in on the negatives rather than the positives then recalibration is in order.
If you tell me that some people go overboard with their criticism and negativity (e.g. When it gets personal and violence is talked about) then yes, I agree with you but a dislike button isn't that. There is a discussion to be had around conduct on social media and whether some people would benefit from some kind of "education" around how to express themselves online, but saying "no negativity allowed at all" doesn't fix the deeper issues we witness.
From the other side I don't understand the mindset that you can put yourself out there in the world in any circumstance (whether on the Internet or just in public in general) and not be open to criticism or even people being negative towards you. Some people will be more negative and critical than others (and like mentioned above some overly so) however as with anything people need to be realistic. You cannot control the actions of other people, you cannot control the thoughts of your audience, all you can do is decide how to conduct yourself and what you allow to affect you. Being able to both take and give positive and negative feedback is an important aspect of our society, it's how we grow both individually and collectively. If you entirely remove (or suppress) one side of the feedback loop then how do those who need to be challenged or those who need to improve/change get the necessary feedback?
Removing a dislike button is peak coddling. This level of policing for thought and expression online only puts us further on the road to nowhere.
Javthusiast
Banned
Fucking safe space cowards.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Yeah, it’s pretty silly. I guess it’s kind of like hiding your loses in a fighting or multiplayer game while only showing your victories to boost your ego or for more positive energy. You and others might think you are a good player with your 1000 wins, but people don’t see that you lost 11,000 times though which is an entirely different issue in itself.
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OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Pathetic.