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If only YouTube had some social mechanics like dislikes, where you can mark a video as 'bad' so users would see that far more people disliked this video than li
by Andrew_nenakhov 3y ago
If only YouTube had some social mechanics like dislikes, where you can mark a video as 'bad' so users would see that far more people disliked this video than liked, so it is likely not very good and you shouldn't waste your time. ...
- eimrine 3y agoYou can mark a video as bad if you are a rightholder or a censour from enough powerful state. So, users would not see the bad video any more.
- midoridensha 3y agoYouTube already has dislikes. You just need to use a better front-end so you can see them.
- yladiz 3y agoNot exactly. It did exist, and creators can see the actual count, but otherwise the dislike count isn’t sent by the API anymore. What’s actually going on is those browser plugins are recording the number of dislikes themselves and inferring the number.
- Technotroll 3y agoSounds like a good use case for a Kalman filter.
- Karellen 3y agoWhat if the content is good, but the titles and thumbnails are just annoying? ...and not because the creators want to make clickbait titles and OTT thumbnails, but because that's what everyone else clicks on, and is therefore what The Algorithm boosts, so that's what they all need to chase.
- mock-possum 3y agoReport those posts for misleading title / thumbnail
- fwn 3y agoIncentives are misaligned here. Regardless of reporting, YouTube will likely continue to prioritize engaging title/thumbnail combinations because they prioritize engagement. A third-party database that provides descriptive titles does not have this incentive, but instead benefits from being qualitatively distinct from the OG YouTube experience. (Otherwise, why would people use the extension?)
- kleiba 3y agoInstead, they removed the dislike count (for viewers).
- snicker7 3y agoBut have you considered the impact to /equity/ on the platform?