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Plausible deniability. If a creator turns off dislikes on a particular video, that's a strong signal that they're producing propaganda or have a thin skin. If

Plausible deniability. If a creator turns off dislikes on a particular video, that's a strong signal that they're producing propaganda or have a thin skin. If YT does it for them, for everyone, then affected creators can just shrug and pretend like they definitely would never turn off dislikes.

winternett 5y ago
That's not the only reason for turning off downvotes... I'm a musician, and have dealt before with competing musicians downvoting me in hopes of driving my videos below theirs. Or occasionally someone can share a video publicly and initial response is based on brigading or just not well received. The display of lots of downvotes before views are properly accumulated can cause bias towards the content. Things were just fine when creators had the control over whether or not to show dislikes. Many creators use Youtube for different purposes. Youtube does a big injustice because they don't fairly separate content based on the type of entity that's posting content enough (i.e. an indie music producer versus a big industry music company or indie vlogger living in their parent's house versus a well funded TV news channel).
- cruano 5y ago
  "Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong."
- mrslave 5y ago
  > I'm a musician, and have dealt before with competing musicians downvoting me in hopes of driving my videos below theirs. This implies there are more competing creators than total viewers.
  - winternett 5y ago
    Well there are also several individual niches where the competition can play out in very personal ways as well. I work within a specific sub genre of music, and more often than not that entire niche sometimes operates based on "small town" politics. I still do it for the passion, not much profit has ever been there... har.
    - Nemrod67 5y ago
      would you mind sharing a link? there's no youtube link in your bio. I promise not to give a thumb down XD always interested to check out other's work :)
      - winternett 5y ago
        https://www.youtube.com/c/RuffTuffRecordings/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/RuffTuffRecordings/videos Sure friend, fair warning though, I'll probably delete this in a day or so to avoid an ID trail of people that might scan my posts later on... The Internet can be vengeful a times even if I am not so. :P

winternett 5y ago

That's not the only reason for turning off downvotes... I'm a musician, and have dealt before with competing musicians downvoting me in hopes of driving my videos below theirs. Or occasionally someone can share a video publicly and initial response is based on brigading or just not well received. The display of lots of downvotes before views are properly accumulated can cause bias towards the content. Things were just fine when creators had the control over whether or not to show dislikes. Many creators use Youtube for different purposes. Youtube does a big injustice because they don't fairly separate content based on the type of entity that's posting content enough (i.e. an indie music producer versus a big industry music company or indie vlogger living in their parent's house versus a well funded TV news channel).

cruano 5y ago
"Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong."
mrslave 5y ago
> I'm a musician, and have dealt before with competing musicians downvoting me in hopes of driving my videos below theirs. This implies there are more competing creators than total viewers.
- winternett 5y ago
  Well there are also several individual niches where the competition can play out in very personal ways as well. I work within a specific sub genre of music, and more often than not that entire niche sometimes operates based on "small town" politics. I still do it for the passion, not much profit has ever been there... har.
  - Nemrod67 5y ago
    would you mind sharing a link? there's no youtube link in your bio. I promise not to give a thumb down XD always interested to check out other's work :)
    - winternett 5y ago
      https://www.youtube.com/c/RuffTuffRecordings/videos https://www.youtube.com/c/RuffTuffRecordings/videos Sure friend, fair warning though, I'll probably delete this in a day or so to avoid an ID trail of people that might scan my posts later on... The Internet can be vengeful a times even if I am not so. :P