Asmongold accuses YouTube of creating \u201cmisleading narratives\u201d by removing dislikes Twitch\/AsmongoldTwitch streamer Asmongold gave a big thumbs down to YouTube over the decision to no longer display dislikes on the platform, accusing the site of censoring opposition to corporate and government \u201cpropaganda.\u201d On November 10, YouTube announced it would no longer display dislikes on videos and instead only showcase the amount of likes that videos receive. The site claimed that it was making this change to protect against \u201cdislike attacks,\u201d where viewers would mass-dislike videos as a way to harass content creators. However, considering YouTube already lets users disable likes, dislikes and comments on their videos, this decision was slammed by many, including Twitch streamer Asmongold. YouTube removing dislikes not only censors dissent from corporate propaganda and brand agendas It also protects predators and abusers from accountability to their audience, making new victims easier to find In the effort to make users “”safe”” YouTube has done the opposite \u2014 Zack (@Asmongold) November 11, 2021 Asmongold blasts YouTube for dislike count change The World of Warcraft streamer is no stranger to speaking out on hot-button issues, and YouTube\u2019s dislike count was no different. In a series of posts, he blasted the Google-owned platform for a change that he feels is promoting censorship and making the site less safe. \u201cYouTube removing dislikes not only censors dissent from corporate propaganda and brand agendas,\u201d he said. \u201cIt also protects predators and abusers from accountability to their audience, making new victims easier to find.\u201d He also pointed out that by removing only dislikes, narratives can be spun where content that would normally result in backlash would now look positively received. I see what you mean but I disagree Removing Likes AND Dislikes from a video is removing feedback entirely Removing ONLY Dislikes allows you to craft a positive and potentially misleading narrative regardless of the audience’s reaction \u2014 Zack (@Asmongold) November 11, 2021 \u201cRemoving Likes AND Dislikes from a video is removing feedback entirely,\u201d he noted. \u201cRemoving ONLY Dislikes allows you to craft a positive and potentially misleading narrative regardless of the audience\u2019s reaction.\u201d Asmongold says YouTube is censoring legitimate criticism In his Twitch stream, Asmongold touched on the issue more, reiterating that YouTube was becoming more friendly towards \u201ccorporate propaganda.\u201d \u201cIt makes it more friendly towards corporations pushing propaganda and not being able to be criticized for it by the audience,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt just makes the website more friendly towards corporate propaganda and government propaganda too.\u201d Asmongold isn\u2019t the first big name in the streaming space to speak out against the decision. Felix \u2018xQc\u2019 Lengyel warned the site they were making a big mistake by implementing this change, while YouTube megastar PewDiePie thinks the system is fine as is. The latter even cited his own experience looking up tutorial videos and knowing to avoid ones with a high dislike count, something Asmongold also touched upon. Bro idk how many times I’ve looked at a tech help video with 2 likes 38 dislikes and saved myself 15 minutes \u2014 Zack (@Asmongold) November 11, 2021 \u201cI don\u2019t know how many times I\u2019ve looked at a tech help video with 2 likes 38 dislikes and saved myself 15 minutes,\u201d he remarked. While it\u2019s unlikely that YouTube backs down, in an interesting twist, the video the site uploaded announcing the removal of public dislikes has four times more downvotes than upvotes. Go figure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Asmongold accuses YouTube of creating \u201cmisleading narratives\u201d by removing dislikes Twitch\/AsmongoldTwitch streamer Asmongold gave a big thumbs down to YouTube over the decision to no longer display dislikes on the platform, accusing the site of censoring opposition to corporate and government \u201cpropaganda.\u201d On November 10, YouTube announced it would no longer display dislikes on videos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}