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/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.