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Dislikes have problems, and I'm not too bothered about it on YouTube since I literally never looked at it, but I do think that being able to quickly indicate so
by wilg 3y ago
Dislikes have problems, and I'm not too bothered about it on YouTube since I literally never looked at it, but I do think that being able to quickly indicate something is low-quality content is valuable. Think of Twitter, where your only feedback is likes from people who agree with you, so your followers just reinforce your own thing in a positive feedback loop that echo chambers yourself much more than something like Reddit or HN.
- hinata08 3y agoYeah, but especially on YouTube, you tell YouTube that you didn't like the opinion or the content, so that the AI only serves you the same things on a loop. And not only to you, but you also to the creator, who might be doing something great, As well as to everyone, as you burry the video if it's too downvoted. If you don't like something, just move on. Or reply to it. Because if you just downvote without commenting, the creator of a video doesn't know if it's low quality, or if there are just haters out there.
- mike741 3y agoThe value of the dislike button was in warning other viewers about scams and clickbait. If you watch a bad video, realize its clickbait, and then simply move on that would be rewarding the clickbaiter and making the problem worse.