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/thinkmatt 10h ago

I hate this on nextdoor. Pretty sure its partly why there is so much ragebait surfaced, with no way to hide it

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u/thekk_ 10h ago

The fact that Reddit still has downvotes is most likely a good part of the reason why it's more sane than the other social media platforms that got rid of it.

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u/AstroPhysician 10h ago

I’ve seen correct answers im an expert in the field on downvoted very consistently lol. But yea

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u/HipToss79 9h ago

I've also had this happen. I'm a mechanical engineer and made some comments about the fury 365 rollercoaster incident that happened a few years back. The number of people that understood fatigue failures in structural steel grew exponentially overnight. I got down voted for stating basic engineering principles I use everyday.

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u/bacon-squared 9h ago

This happened to me when I pointed out the ocean is not a perfect mixer for heat when they were talking about building server farms underwater. Just talking about basic science and how it applies to heat exchange and I got down voted. Also got downvoted for talking about the ways to do heat dissipation in space.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 7h ago

Yeah I made a comment and mentioned my literal experience doing installation and maintenance of actual off-shore wind turbines. I hired and worked with the divers... Downvotes.

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u/timmybondle 9h ago

People here just down vote you for disagreeing with them whether your points are valid or not. I think discussions here are mostly ego-based and conceding anything would be a hit to that ego

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u/blivet 6h ago

That, and I think that unfortunately it's becoming clearer all the time that a lot of people just have a deep-seated antipathy towards anyone who actually knows things. It seems to go beyond ego. No one expects the average person to know anything much about some specialized topic, but just the same, even when they are anonymous they will become furious when exposed to someone who does.