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the fact it isn't optional is the biggest red flag, why not just let channels choose if they want to show dislikes?
by ren_engineer 5y ago
the fact it isn't optional is the biggest red flag, why not just let channels choose if they want to show dislikes?
- jjice 5y agoAbsolutely. This is exactly the kind of thing that creators should be able to opt-in to, just like disabling comments. Very disappointed to see this shielding of everyone's eyes from videos. If a creator wanted to opt to hide it, sure, but flat out hiding it is unfortunate.
- MereInterest 5y agoWhy would be poster of a video receive special privilege for videos that they post? That would be like a seller being allowed to remove unfavorable reviews of their product. That the reviews are not under the control of the seller/poster is the only reason that they would be useful at all.
- jowsie 5y agoUploaders have had this ability for a while now already.
- MereInterest 5y agoAs others have pointed out, uploaders had the ability to block voting entirely, but couldn't adjust visibility of positive/negative votes separately. There's a huge difference between a video with +10k/-10 and a video with +10k/-100k. Displaying both identically gives a deliberately false equivalence.
- tempestn 5y agoI suppose we still have upvotes as a percentage of views to fill in some of the gap.
- MereInterest 5y agoTrue, though that still makes it ambiguous whether content in a video is heinous, or merely boring.
- water8 5y agoLessco Brandon isn’t getting many upvotes these days
- ddingus 5y agoBecause hidden dislike numbers is information that compares people who hide dislikes to people who show likes unfavorably.