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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by bellyfullofbac on Friday December 03, 2021 @11:06PM (#29438611)
Hmm, I wonder if a campaign to tell everyone to go and dislike every video they watch would gain traction. The same way Google destroyed this metric for viewers, it would destroy the usefulness for creators.

Act of petty revenge for sure, and they'll probably remove you from their fiefdom for being a troll.

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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by chongli on Saturday December 04, 2021 @01:38AM (#29439183)
Why would anyone join that campaign? That would only hurt the creators they follow and damage their recommendations.
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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by bellyfullofbac on Saturday December 04, 2021 @01:50PM (#29443264)
If there's enough traction, the creators would start complaining to YouTube, and they'd have to rethink it.

Also it would confuse creators: is this video shit, or is it the campaign?

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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by chongli on Saturday December 04, 2021 @06:21PM (#29445232)
Creators are already complaining to YouTube. So far they aren’t listening.
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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by bellyfullofbac on Sunday December 05, 2021 @07:25AM (#29448748)
Let's not do anything then, and let the emperor do as he wish... /s
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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by chongli on Sunday December 05, 2021 @05:55PM (#29454195)
No, what we should be doing is figuring out a way to solve the root cause: that YouTube has this much power in the first place.
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