People are talking about how this will make it difficult to get good information. And that is true. No one will downvote videos now, because publicly expressing

People are talking about how this will make it difficult to get good information. And that is true. No one will downvote videos now, because publicly expressing your disapproval was the only reason to do so. Now, the only people who will downvote are people who are technically savvy enough to realize that downvoting will help YouTube recommend better videos to them. It's a shame, YouTube is one of the last platforms where publicly expressing your disapproval via a voting system is possible. And I think this has an effect on the nature of internet discourse. Look at the difference in conversations on Twitter vs Reddit. On Twitter, if you see something that you disagree with, you leave an (often ad hominem) comment. On Reddit, you just downvote, and feel equally satisfied.