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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by lordofgibbons on Friday December 03, 2021 @08:43PM (#29437863)
This metric isn't meant for a bot, it's meant for people to use common sense on.

If I see a covid related news story, I'll just ignore the like/discount ratio. But if I see a tech tutorial or conference talk with 50% like/dislike, I'll be fairly confident that the video isn't worth my time.

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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by Causality1 on Friday December 03, 2021 @09:35PM (#29438156)
Imagine the number of dead PCs if that Verge video hadn't been riddled with dislikes.
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