> It’s an unsolvable problem If it's an unsolvable problem for downvotes, it's an unsolvable problem for upvotes, too. The reason they took away downvotes is b

> It’s an unsolvable problem If it's an unsolvable problem for downvotes, it's an unsolvable problem for upvotes, too. The reason they took away downvotes is because they started to partner with the networks, to artificially boost their posts, and to deemphasize and demonetize their traditional amateur comment (inspiring a shooting.) The mainstream content gets ruthlessly downvoted because polish doesn't equal quality, and the networks (wisely) don't want their stuff distributed by a platform that allows users to mark it as bad. So Youtube took away the ability to mark content as bad. It's no more complicated than it looks.