r/technology • u/Dilpickle2113 • 10h ago

Social Media YouTube is testing hiding the dislike button entirely and users aren’t happy

https://www.dexerto.com/youtube/youtube-is-testing-hiding-the-dislike-button-entirely-and-users-arent-happy-3420822/
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u/PreciousJackal 10h ago

Why they remove it in the first place?

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u/Specific_War5484 9h ago

Big business got mad that their videos got a ton of down votes 

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u/TheAllSeeingBlindEye 9h ago

It looks bad to shareholders when they look at the company video and see a 1:10 ratio or more dislikes. Better to let them think somethings good than hurt their feelings

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u/Cheese-Manipulator 4h ago

So, how are our videos doing?

Well we have 5000 upvotes and NO downvotes! In fact we can't see any downvotes.