YouTubers already had the tool they need to combatting this kind of troll by disabling rating and comment. Disabling dislike has the unfortunate side effect of

YouTubers already had the tool they need to combatting this kind of troll by disabling rating and comment. Disabling dislike has the unfortunate side effect of making scam videos a lot harder to identify. And before people comment, no, manually disabling rating and comment was not the same as the current system, and would absolutely sound the alarm bell on informative/educational/infomercial videos in the old days. This example showcasing malicious TOR browser being distributed, and might already get someone politically jailed or even killed: https://youtu.be/XS-r2Vpkxas https://youtu.be/XS-r2Vpkxas I myself sincerely cannot find any justification for the current system.