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> Such a popular president should have some truly epic YouTube numbers. Let's keep track. I'm sure we won't see anything weird happening, such as dislikes being

by V__ 5y ago

> Such a popular president should have some truly epic YouTube numbers. Let's keep track. I'm sure we won't see anything weird happening, such as dislikes being thrown out in the wee hours of the morning. This intro in the about section and the conclusions the author make, makes me question the whole thing. Why does the author think his numbers are real, when it could just be that YouTube deleted dislikes made by bots after some time?

anoonmoose 5y ago
The blog post they link to as inspiration has charts on it. The charts show that, before YouTube gets involved, dislikes outpace likes by 10:1 or more...this does not pass the sniff test. They're removing spam, not hiding dissent. https://phzoe.com/2021/01/27/white-house-youtube-dislike-manipulation/ https://phzoe.com/2021/01/27/white-house-youtube-dislike-man...
- V__ 5y ago
  Exactly.
- guilhas 5y ago
  Obviously it passes because the channels of communication will be very different (eg. FB pages) for both groups, and will be affected by different feed algorithm rules Also people are way more motivated to disagree or leave a bad review than positive That page clearly shows YT manipulation