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/iPvtCaboose 10h ago

i also remember when youtube had a five star user review system

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u/LLemon_Pepper 10h ago

I remember when youtube had video replies

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u/fizzlefist 10h ago

I remember when the community could upload subtitles for a video. Now we got auto-generated slop that can’t comprehend shit.

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u/MysteryTempest 9h ago

Remember when YouTube was basically MySpace with videos? You could add people as friends, comment on their profiles, customise your page however you wanted to. It was a genuine social media site, when the "social" part actually meant something

YouTube is a great example of the blandness of enshittification. Even when the site is still usable, it's so cold and sterile.