Another reason this is a terrible idea: Video creators have always been able to disable the upvote/downvote ratios and comments. Every single time I have enco

Another reason this is a terrible idea: Video creators have always been able to disable the upvote/downvote ratios and comments. Every single time I have encountered a video where the counts have been disabled by the creator, it’s because the video has something objectively wrong with it. It’s inaccurate, misleading, poor quality, offensive, or some has some other generally negative attribute. This happens less so with comments being disabled. Videos with high up to down vote ratios but with disabled comments are usually because the creator is being attacked by trolls. These videos are usually pretty interesting to watch. So yeah this is an incredibly short sighted change and is removing an important quality signal to viewers.