YouTube is testing hiding the dislike button entirely and users aren’t happy - Dexerto
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YouTube appears to be testing another change to its dislike button, with some users reporting that the option is no longer visible alongside the usual video controls.
  • Mark with a Z@suppo.fiEnglish
    10·
    2 hours ago

    Doesn’t really matter, they already made it pointless.

    You’re not allowed to express anything negative, it’s bad for the advertisers.

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
    18·
    3 hours ago

    I honestly don’t think the voting does anything. It’s all about what they feed you and how you move around the screen. And god help you if you click on one thing new but not sure if you’ll like, because now it’s ALL that niche. No likes or dislikes involved at all. Do I see more of the subscribed and liked things I have now? Nope. You’ll see what YT wants you to see.

    I shouldn’t talk too bad though, as going to YT with a clean browser and no sign in gets all sorts of garbage, so at least I’m not seeing all of that. I don’t know how though.

      • Rhaedas@fedia.io
        3·
        39 minutes ago

        Dating myself, but I remember when cable was the way to get quality entertainment without the network commercials.

        And that was escaping broadcast TV, who still had like 45 minutes to a show with just 15 minutes for commercials spaced out mostly in the middle part.

        And some of the commercials were actually pretty good.

    • spankysalmon@fedinsfw.appEnglish
      13·
      2 hours ago

      Wouldn’t that be an argument for factoring it into recommendations, and not a reason to remove dislikes?

      … OH WAIT, I made the mistake of thinking Google cares about providing a good user experience over pushing ads and an agenda, whoopsie!

  • Davel23@fedia.io
    4·
    2 hours ago

    The like button disappeared for me a week or so ago, no idea what’s going on there.

    • DdCno1@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      53 minutes ago

      A/B testing. Big tech like Google likes to roll out (often experimental) changes to a select number of random people and measure how their behavior changes compared to others that get the existing experience. In other words, you’re a lab rat.

      I’ve had this happen to me countless times, perhaps because I used to write lengthy and in-depth feedback (until I thought they should pay me for this and stopped).