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Maybe they overweighs downvotes, thus pushing only uncontroversial comments up.
by Leary 5y ago
Maybe they overweighs downvotes, thus pushing only uncontroversial comments up.
- jack_riminton 5y agoOccam's razor says it's probably something very simple like that
- RankingMember 5y agoI'd be interested to know if that's the case, as it'd present a shift from their long-held strategy of having the comment downvote button do absolutely nothing.
- phailhaus 5y ago> it'd present a shift from their long-held strategy of having the comment downvote button do absolutely nothing. This seems to be a common refrain, despite little evidence to back it up. Just because the dislike button doesn't render a count doesn't mean that it isn't being counted and used to weight comments.
- RankingMember 5y agoFair point. It'd be helpful if there was some transparency from Youtube.
- drdeca 5y agoseeing as the downvotes on comments aren't shown anywhere, that would surprise me a little