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>If you can't see downvotes on content, there is no way of determining how misleading the content may be. Why are dislike counts more credible than like counts
by unclebucknasty 5y ago
>If you can't see downvotes on content, there is no way of determining how misleading the content may be.
Why are dislike counts more credible than like counts?
>It also disguises cases where a creator may be getting harassed or bullied by others.
How would you discern that from a creator producing genuinely disliked content? And, what difference would it make if you could? Genuinely asking.
- josephcsible 5y ago> Why are dislike counts more credible than like counts? Nobody said they are. I'd be about as upset if like counts went away but dislike counts remained. The point is having both counts gives you a very useful signal.
- unclebucknasty 5y ago>I'd be about as upset if like counts went away but dislike counts remained. Interesting thought: why do you never just see a dislike button anywhere? >The point is having both counts gives you a very useful signal. No. The point is that you really don't know how useful the signal is. Dislike buttons actively encourage bad behavior, so can create skew in the signal. That's intuitive, and also backed up by YouTube's research; hence the change here.