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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by propogandist on Saturday December 04, 2021 @11:37PM (#29446720)
>I don't think there is deep evil thinking behind dislike change

this isn't a small change, it's a major platform decision that impacts user experience, usability and engagement -- it's also received strong criticism from the community including from the original founder of Youtube [1] (see description), but they're pushing it through anyway

You're being too naïve about the corporate agendas behind this change.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw

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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by vl on Saturday December 04, 2021 @11:45PM (#29446745)
I worked at Google and other big corps. Generally public attributes way deeper thinking process than actually happens when decisions are done. For YT as business it doesn't actually matter if dislike counter is visible or not: recommendation engine ML works on what people actually watch, like/dislike signal is secondary at best.
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Re:YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hiding of t... by colordrops on Sunday December 12, 2021 @02:44AM (#29527846)
It doesn't have to be deep to be evil.
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