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So now I can't quickly see if a video how-to is a complete waste of my time or not. Great.

by post_break 5y ago

gpt5 5y ago
The likes to views ratio is still a useful indicator (although a less obvious one)
- throwuxiytayq 5y ago
  I need a FF extension that will display this to me visually.
- tentacleuno 5y ago
  They've disabled the visual ratio bar for me. Wish I could get it back.
- thinkingemote 5y ago
  I think it will lead to less liking behaviour. They didn't test for this.
miamiwebdesign 5y ago
Feel like this is a necessary feature. A compromise would be to turn it off for ads but leave it on for everything else...I'm lost now, gonna be hard to quickly determine garbage from good insight.
chilling 5y ago
You probably will have to check the comment section
- dylan604 5y ago
  <shudder> reaching into the bowels of YT comments is something i regularly try to avoid. "put on a helmet and pads, and get in there"
  - baud147258 5y ago
    It must depends on the videos, but most comment sections where I've gone down weren't bad and a lot were very positive.
- post_break 5y ago
  You can disable or delete comments.
  - Drew_ 5y ago
    You can also disable ratings. Ratings and comments being disabled is a strong signal in its own right as well.
darkwizard42 5y ago
The comment section still works
- pessimizer 5y ago
  ...until it's gone, or new youtube blue checks mark commenters that automatically get floated to the top.
- tsian2 5y ago
  It might become an outlet for all the people who want to tell others whether they think a video is worth watching or not, making it harder to find comments with substance.
emkoemko 5y ago
well this will be good for flat Earthers videos, they always end up with lots of dislikes :) now more people can fall for the countless bs on youtube based on the like count and no counter showing dissent....
- myohmy 5y ago
  Oh no its better than that. All the downvotes count as engagement, so it will get recommended to other people who can only see that it has 100 likes and not 20000 dislikes. Which means my videos can finally stop being brigaded by those damn round earthers! Spread the truth!
epolanski 5y ago
Your waste of time is google’s revenue and the reason they are doing it.
- bagacrap 5y ago
  eh, I would guess it's more like one PM wanted to get a promo by making a high profile change, and by claiming they were protecting some victim their case became politically unassailable
  - shadowgovt 5y ago
    Alternatively, "Hey, Reddit did this thing. We're a little like Reddit; should we do the thing?" "I dunno... AB test it." AB test shows net effect is fewer dislikes, much like Reddit saw "Cool; let's roll it out."

So now I can't quickly see if a video how-to is a complete waste of my time or not. Great.

gpt5 5y ago

The likes to views ratio is still a useful indicator (although a less obvious one)

throwuxiytayq 5y ago
I need a FF extension that will display this to me visually.
tentacleuno 5y ago
They've disabled the visual ratio bar for me. Wish I could get it back.
thinkingemote 5y ago
I think it will lead to less liking behaviour. They didn't test for this.

miamiwebdesign 5y ago

Feel like this is a necessary feature. A compromise would be to turn it off for ads but leave it on for everything else...I'm lost now, gonna be hard to quickly determine garbage from good insight.

chilling 5y ago

You probably will have to check the comment section

dylan604 5y ago
<shudder> reaching into the bowels of YT comments is something i regularly try to avoid. "put on a helmet and pads, and get in there"
- baud147258 5y ago
  It must depends on the videos, but most comment sections where I've gone down weren't bad and a lot were very positive.
post_break 5y ago
You can disable or delete comments.
- Drew_ 5y ago
  You can also disable ratings. Ratings and comments being disabled is a strong signal in its own right as well.

darkwizard42 5y ago

The comment section still works

pessimizer 5y ago
...until it's gone, or new youtube blue checks mark commenters that automatically get floated to the top.
tsian2 5y ago
It might become an outlet for all the people who want to tell others whether they think a video is worth watching or not, making it harder to find comments with substance.

emkoemko 5y ago

well this will be good for flat Earthers videos, they always end up with lots of dislikes :) now more people can fall for the countless bs on youtube based on the like count and no counter showing dissent....

myohmy 5y ago
Oh no its better than that. All the downvotes count as engagement, so it will get recommended to other people who can only see that it has 100 likes and not 20000 dislikes. Which means my videos can finally stop being brigaded by those damn round earthers! Spread the truth!

epolanski 5y ago

Your waste of time is google’s revenue and the reason they are doing it.

bagacrap 5y ago
eh, I would guess it's more like one PM wanted to get a promo by making a high profile change, and by claiming they were protecting some victim their case became politically unassailable
- shadowgovt 5y ago
  Alternatively, "Hey, Reddit did this thing. We're a little like Reddit; should we do the thing?" "I dunno... AB test it." AB test shows net effect is fewer dislikes, much like Reddit saw "Cool; let's roll it out."