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How does giving a thumbs up “support the creators”? I’m sure they’d rather you watch the ads or pay for premium.

• savingsPossible 3y ago
  OR, hear me out... Subscribe to the patreon or other non-google revenue stream
  • falcor84 3y ago
    There's a big distance between clicking the upvote button, which I might do on a dozen of videos a day, to financially supporting creators with $1 or more. If we had actual micro-payments though, that would help.
• wkjagt 3y ago
  Not my comment, but maybe support isn't the right word. One person I watch on YouTube says something like "if you enjoyed this video, give a thumbs up. If you didn't, give a thumbs down. It helps me understand which topics you find interesting."
• falcor84 3y ago
  My understanding is that it promotes the video in "the algorithm", leading to more views and thus higher revenue