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Can I get my dislike button back now? Youtube has been a significantly worse place since that.

by CSDude 4y ago

Whatarethese 4y ago
Have you downloaded the extension that brings that back?
- r3vo 4y ago
  Only works against the database the extension manages. Biased in comparison to the native dislike button.
  - oehpr 4y ago
    I used to think that was a negative until I realized I had more in common with the people who had that extension installed than I did with youtube at large.
ac29 4y ago
Mine never disappeared, only the dislike count.
- junon 4y ago
  That's what they meant. The count is gone.
spurgu 4y ago
I've been using the Return YouTube Dislike extension[0] for a couple of weeks now and it seems to be working surprisingly well (due to the relatively large user base probably, surprised it hasn't been mentioned here). It uses a combination of dislike data of other users of the extension combined with data from older videos which still have dislike count accessible through the API. And yeah, hiding the dislike count was an extremely weird/annoying move, given that it was a good quality indicator which is now completely gone. It doesn't matter if a video has 1M likes if it has 3M dislikes, in which case it probably sucks. Nor are you misled to believe a video with only 3k likes is bad if it doesn't have more than 22 dislikes. As with everything you should keep context in mind. For example if you're watching a video on a political topic (or by a controversial character) then the ratio will be more even, even for high quality videos. But the point is: Give the user the information, don't assume they are dumb. [0] Links for Chrome/Firefox/etc: https://returnyoutubedislike.com/install https://returnyoutubedislike.com/install
bagacrap 4y ago
how is it worse? I had the same initial reaction to the announcement of the change but I can't say I've noticed a difference.
- firen777 4y ago
  It makes scam videos virtually unidentifiable. Example: https://youtu.be/XS-r2Vpkxas https://youtu.be/XS-r2Vpkxas Depend on how big of a fish you are for the ccp to fry, this can be a matter of life and death.

Can I get my dislike button back now? Youtube has been a significantly worse place since that.

by CSDude 4y ago

Can I get my dislike button back now? Youtube has been a significantly worse place since that.

Whatarethese 4y ago

Have you downloaded the extension that brings that back?

r3vo 4y ago
Only works against the database the extension manages. Biased in comparison to the native dislike button.
- oehpr 4y ago
  I used to think that was a negative until I realized I had more in common with the people who had that extension installed than I did with youtube at large.

ac29 4y ago

Mine never disappeared, only the dislike count.

junon 4y ago
That's what they meant. The count is gone.

spurgu 4y ago

I've been using the Return YouTube Dislike extension[0] for a couple of weeks now and it seems to be working surprisingly well (due to the relatively large user base probably, surprised it hasn't been mentioned here). It uses a combination of dislike data of other users of the extension combined with data from older videos which still have dislike count accessible through the API. And yeah, hiding the dislike count was an extremely weird/annoying move, given that it was a good quality indicator which is now completely gone. It doesn't matter if a video has 1M likes if it has 3M dislikes, in which case it probably sucks. Nor are you misled to believe a video with only 3k likes is bad if it doesn't have more than 22 dislikes. As with everything you should keep context in mind. For example if you're watching a video on a political topic (or by a controversial character) then the ratio will be more even, even for high quality videos. But the point is: Give the user the information, don't assume they are dumb. [0] Links for Chrome/Firefox/etc: https://returnyoutubedislike.com/install https://returnyoutubedislike.com/install

bagacrap 4y ago

how is it worse? I had the same initial reaction to the announcement of the change but I can't say I've noticed a difference.

firen777 4y ago
It makes scam videos virtually unidentifiable. Example: https://youtu.be/XS-r2Vpkxas https://youtu.be/XS-r2Vpkxas Depend on how big of a fish you are for the ccp to fry, this can be a matter of life and death.