The platform aims to create an inclusive and respectful environment.
YouTube announced that removing / hiding video dislikes on its platform has already begun.
This implementation is already underway and will become permanent in the near future. The Dislike button will still exist, but only channel owners will be able to find out how much their video is disliked.
“Based on what we have learned, we are closing the dislike on YouTube, but the Dislike button is still there. This change will start in stages today. “
The rationale was given by the platform, as reported by Matt Coval, in a video that, curiously, is already receiving an avalanche of negative reactions from platform users, either in the comments or via the said Dislike button.
According to YouTube, this measure is consistent with trying not to get massive negative votes on certain videos, saying that when a user sees that a certain video has a large number of negative votes, they tend to go that route with their own. vote. without even watching the video.
“We want to create an inclusive and respectful environment in which creators have the opportunity to succeed and feel safe to express themselves. This is just one of many steps we are taking to continue to protect authors from retaliation. This has not been done and we will continue to place bets along the way. “
In video games, players are known to have taken a position that the YouTube platform now wants to stop, with massive negative votes on some videos related to important topics.
