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Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by XCSme on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @09:06PM (#29183636)
Yes, the conclusion makes no sense.

"We removed the dislike button. This resulted in a reduction in dislikes, people are happier."

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Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by jnwatson on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @10:51PM (#29184253)
That’s not what they did.
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Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by XCSme on Monday November 15, 2021 @10:23AM (#29228437)
No, but that's what their conclusion sounds like.

They made a specific action less rewarding, so that (obviously) resulted in the action being done less often.

It would happen exactly the same if they did this for the "like" button.

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