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If YouTube removes dislike YouTube should also remove likes. Otherwise it will be misleading the community. Imagine you got 11M dislike and 10K likes. Without w

If YouTube removes dislike YouTube should also remove likes. Otherwise it will be misleading the community. Imagine you got 11M dislike and 10K likes. Without without likes obviously people will be mislead.

blensor 5y ago
Well not really. If a system does not have dislikes then people will find other metrics to evaluate what's good. For example Likes/Views ratio. If a video has 1M views but 1000 likes I can most likely ignore it If a video has 1500 views but 1000 likes now that's something I should be looking at
- gzer0 5y ago
  If the ratio was this high, I would assume it has been artificially inflated.
thebeefytaco 5y ago
I'm pretty sure that's the point.
dylan604 5y ago
Why do people hit Like anyways? Enjoy the content, leave a comment. If the creator actually reads comments, a positive comment in lieu of a Like will have much more benefit to the creater. Except maybe for what ever ulterior algo purposes YT has for these metrics.
- zebracanevra 5y ago
  I use the Like button because it adds the video into the private "Liked" playlist. Handy, one click, good workflow.
- mgalgs 5y ago
  I hit like to signal to other viewers (not the creator) that I think the content is good.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    Why is your opinon important to other viewers, or why do you think your opinion is relevant to others? this is my thing about social media in general. i don't mean for this to sound attacking, but more of an open discussion. i'm also not a big fan of "ratings" which is essentially what the likes/dislikes/views ratios equate.
    - guipsp 5y ago
      You are in a social media website
      - dylan604 5y ago
        where's the media? it may be social, but not media
        animal_spirits 5y ago
        Video is a media format
        HKH2 5y ago
        Do you mean text is not part of 'media'?
        dylan604 5y ago
        "Whatch you readin for? What am I reading for? Hell I haven't been asked that before" --Bill Hicks No, print is dead. So sayeth social media
        seoulmetro 5y ago
        Social media doesn't literally mean "a place where media exists that can be social." It's much more than that. Neither HN or YT are social media.
      - seoulmetro 5y ago
        HN is not a social media website. Try again. YT is also not a social media website. In case you meant that.

blensor 5y ago

Well not really. If a system does not have dislikes then people will find other metrics to evaluate what's good. For example Likes/Views ratio. If a video has 1M views but 1000 likes I can most likely ignore it If a video has 1500 views but 1000 likes now that's something I should be looking at

gzer0 5y ago
If the ratio was this high, I would assume it has been artificially inflated.

thebeefytaco 5y ago

I'm pretty sure that's the point.

dylan604 5y ago

Why do people hit Like anyways? Enjoy the content, leave a comment. If the creator actually reads comments, a positive comment in lieu of a Like will have much more benefit to the creater. Except maybe for what ever ulterior algo purposes YT has for these metrics.

zebracanevra 5y ago
I use the Like button because it adds the video into the private "Liked" playlist. Handy, one click, good workflow.
mgalgs 5y ago
I hit like to signal to other viewers (not the creator) that I think the content is good.
- dylan604 5y ago
  Why is your opinon important to other viewers, or why do you think your opinion is relevant to others? this is my thing about social media in general. i don't mean for this to sound attacking, but more of an open discussion. i'm also not a big fan of "ratings" which is essentially what the likes/dislikes/views ratios equate.
  - guipsp 5y ago
    You are in a social media website
    - dylan604 5y ago
      where's the media? it may be social, but not media
      - animal_spirits 5y ago
        Video is a media format
      - HKH2 5y ago
        Do you mean text is not part of 'media'?
        dylan604 5y ago
        "Whatch you readin for? What am I reading for? Hell I haven't been asked that before" --Bill Hicks No, print is dead. So sayeth social media
      - seoulmetro 5y ago
        Social media doesn't literally mean "a place where media exists that can be social." It's much more than that. Neither HN or YT are social media.
    - seoulmetro 5y ago
      HN is not a social media website. Try again. YT is also not a social media website. In case you meant that.