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>So I end up just skipping through the video trying to get a first impression of what the quality is. while this might seem annoying when one is used to the up
by Barrin92 5y ago
>So I end up just skipping through the video trying to get a first impression of what the quality is.
while this might seem annoying when one is used to the up/down vote mechanism I honestly think incentivizing people to check content for themselves is a significant improvement.
I think a lot of websites should remove signals and tone down recommender systems in favor of making people just watch or read. It's one of the things I still like about HN. The greyed out downvoted comments and order aside there's no real visual cues or gamified mechanisms here.
- bradlys 5y agoHow often are you actually looking for information on YouTube? This is the first time I’ve ever heard anyone say removing the up to down ratio was a good thing. I installed addons so I could see the ratio before I even clicked on the video. It’s saved me so much time. (Unfortunately it only worked on YouTube so when I searched on Google I still stumbled onto bad videos and wasted a lot of time)