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All is not lost, as the dislike count is not independent of the number of views and the like count. Specifically, if a popular video has a small number of like

• quantumsequoia 5y ago
  That is not a safe assumption at all. You're assuming the total number of votes is proportional to the view count. But a more provocative video will prompt more people to vote A video that makes people angry might encourage people to vote who otherwise wouldn't have voted
  • axiom92 5y ago
    I think a popular video will attract votes one way or the other. A video that makes people angry will encourage people to dislike the video, and thus eat into the total vote share. I agree that this likely only covers videos with a large number of views (~millions). There's a long tail where the view count/vote count is not enough to comment on the number of dislikes.