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Similar to how YouTube collectively punsihed users for downvoting videos by getting rid of public downvote counts.
by ageek123 3y ago
Similar to how YouTube collectively punsihed users for downvoting videos by getting rid of public downvote counts.
- plaguepilled 3y agoNot sure why you're getting greyed out, you're right. Lot of admin overreach on YouTube.
- soraminazuki 3y agoRight, but unrelated to this issue. One is about feature removal while the other is about censorship, intimidation, and lies. I didn't downvote, though.
- alex7734 3y agoThe goal of the feature removal is obviously to hide (censor) the displeasure of the audience towards certain videos, so I disagree that it is unrelated.
- isitmadeofglass 3y agoBecause it isn’t similar to this case at all.
- plaguepilled 3y agoIt is though?
- vertis 3y agoThis is a complete different problem. The theory in the case of youtube was that the collective downvoting was in someways spurred by being able to see the total. They didn't remove the ability to downvote, just the reward for doing so. Users are not penalized for downvoting. In the case of steam users are negatively impacted by a moderation decision.
- plaguepilled 3y agoWhile I respect the contrast you're highlighting I disagree that they're therefore fundamentally different. In both cases its a form of social coercion to shape user behaviour to misrepresent the collective sentiment.
- vertis 3y agoIf it was a regular thing, perhaps. In this case it's collateral damage and not policy. Hanlon's law applies here -- it's far more likely to be incompetence than malice. There are plenty of other negative reviews on that game.