YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of the dislike count

Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by MonaroVXR on Friday December 03, 2021 @10:54PM (#29438565)

I never checked the likes to watch a video, I think if you have enough YouTube "experience" you can probably figure out what videos are good and which aren't.

(No hate, just my opinion, I don't care about the likes)

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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by bitcharmer on Saturday December 04, 2021 @03:41AM (#29439600)

Tutorial videos are a great example why this is a big problem. I know nothing about replacing brake pads in a car but there are videos on YT that show you how to do it. Sadly among tutorials you will definitely find some that despite high view count are misleading or even dangerous.

High view count does not mean high quality. They are pretty orthogonal.

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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by tdeck on Saturday December 04, 2021 @12:12AM (#29438860)

Same here, I didn't realize so many people relied on the voting metrics. Were they visible in the video list view or did you have to click through to see them?

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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by MonaroVXR on Saturday December 04, 2021 @08:54AM (#29440834)

I have no clue despite watching YouTube everyday. I'm using YouTube Vanced, so my YouTube will slightly differ?

Checking it back, I only see the likes when I click through them.

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