In March, You. Tube made a controversial announcement, confirming that it would be making changes to how the Dislike button would work in the near future. Users would still be able to click the Dislike button, but the total number of dislikes would no longer be displayed.
, you Tube made the change to its UI last week, saying it removed public dislikes in order to counter harassment and promote “respectful interactions between viewers and creators.”.
, you Tube does, briefly, acknowledge some of the criticism aimed at this change to the platform. It says it knows that some You. Tube viewers used the Dislike count to ” decide whether or not to watch a video. ” However, You. Tube says that the decision to turn this feature off is “the right thing to do for the platform.”.
So, why is YouTube no longer showing dislikes?
, you Tube recently announced testing of a design that still includes the dislike button, but no longer shows the number of dislikes . “This is a test for a small group of users and is a response to creator feedback that the visible count may impact their wellbeing,” a spokesperson said via email.
Our answer is that for those who want to keep You. Tube dislike counts alive a little bit longer, a neat browser extension makes that possible, at The new browser extension simply titled “ Return You. Tube Dislike” makes it possible for users on Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and even i. OS to restore the You. Tube dislike count.
Do YouTube dislikes matter?
If Dislikes aren’t financially impacting videos in that way, then what ultimately matters are the non-financial impacts — things like negativity, harassment, and so on. And even You. Tube ‘s critics can agree that less of that is a net positive.
Another thing we asked ourselves was: why don’t people Target Video Dislike buttons on YouTube?
“But because the count was not visible to them, we found that they were less likely to target a video’s dislike button to drive up the count.
Does Youtube have a political bias?
, you Tube and its owner, Google, have long faced accusations of political bias. The companies have said their products are developed and run as politically neutral, but employee accounts and leaked internal materials indicate the companies are infusing their politics into their products.