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YouTube ia public and searchable and watching a video is relatively expensive, so downvotes help ranking and warn you about bad content. Posts don't have these
by judk 12y ago
YouTube ia public and searchable and watching a video is relatively expensive, so downvotes help ranking and warn you about bad content.
Posts don't have these features, people don't read complete strangers' posts based on search queries. It's pre-curated peer user.
- pjc50 12y agoDo you actually have to watch the video to downvote it?
- UweSchmidt 12y agoIt would be trivial to check if someone has watched something before they downvoted, and adjust algorithms accordingly (ignore the vote internally and lower that voter's general impact).