YouTube wants to do away with ‘dislikes’

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Thumbs down to the thumb down. The video platform would like to make the number of “dislikes” that a video receives disappear from view. YouTube launched a test on the matter with a specific goal, to protect the mental health of its creators.

It was on Twitter, as well as on its own platform, that YouTube announced this test concerning viewer approval and disapproval. The goal is to hide the number of “dislikes,” those thumbs down, in order to prevent any actions maliciously taken to increase these numbers.

The streaming platform justified this test for the sake of its YouTubers: “In response to creator feedback around well-being and targeted dislike campaigns, we’re testing a …

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