PewDiePie slams YouTube for removing dislike count: \u201cIf it ain\u2019t broke, why fix it?\u201d YouTube: PewDiePieYouTube has revealed that it will remove the number of dislikes on videos across its platform \u2014 but it\u2019s most-subscribed creator, PewDiePie, isn\u2019t a huge fan of this change. After experimenting with hiding the number of dislikes on videos over the past few years, YouTube has officially rolled out a change removing dislike counts across the site. Most notably, YouTube claimed this development was implemented to combat \u201cdislike attacks\u201d and harassment campaigns on its platform. Creators will still be able to view dislike counts on their own videos, and dislikes will still affect user recommendations. This change has sparked a huge conversation across social media, with many viewers and content creators decrying the removal of dislike counts \u2014 PewDiePie being one of them. To reduce targeted dislike attacks & their impact on creators (esp on smaller creators), you\u2019ll no longer see a public dislike *count* on YouTube starting today (the dislike button is staying). This comes after lots of research, testing & consideration \u2192 https:\/\/t.co\/mJWDJSSRoG \u2014 TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) November 10, 2021 PewDiePie boasts the most subscribers out of any independent content creator on YouTube, and is one of the site\u2019s most-subscribed channels overall. The influencer posted his reaction to YouTube\u2019s latest update on November 11, arguing both sides of the issue, but ultimately finding the change unnecessary. PewDiePie explains why removing dislike counts could be a \u201cgood\u201d thing At first, PewDiePie played \u201cdevil\u2019s advocate\u201d to the site\u2019s new fixture. The YouTuber claimed that he isn\u2019t a fan of random dislikes on arguably \u201cwholesome\u201d content, like charity drives and other positive videos. \u201cSome videos are so nice that no one should be allowed to dislike it!\u201d he argued. He went on to compare YouTube\u2019s lack of a dislike count to other platforms that don\u2019t have a dislike button at all, such as TikTok and Instagram \u2014 but noted that, on these sites, one can just scroll away from content they don\u2019t like. The situation on YouTube is markedly different, PewDiePie claimed. PewDiePie argues against YouTube removing dislike counts \u201cOn YouTube, it\u2019s an indication of if it\u2019s a good video or not,\u201d he explained. \u201cIf you\u2019re looking up a tutorial video and it has 20% or more dislikes, I\u2019m not gonna watch that video. I know it\u2019s a bad tutorial.\u201d On the topic of protecting creators from \u201cdislike attacks,\u201d Pewds found that he had \u201cnever seen that.\u201d \u201cUsually, when that happens, it\u2019s when someone\u2019s getting canceled, right?\u201d he mused. \u201cThat function already exists. If you\u2019re getting targeted by a ton of dislikes, remove the dislike bar. They\u2019re fixing a problem that already didn\u2019t need to be fixed.\u201d The creator went on to argue the functionality of the site\u2019s dislike button, claiming that users can curate content across the platform by signaling content that isn\u2019t good. \u201cI\u2019m willing to admit, I don\u2019t know what the outcome is gonna be, so there\u2019s no point in really getting pissed off about it,\u201d he concluded. \u201cIt remains to be seen, but it\u2019s kind of like, well, if it ain\u2019t broke, why fix it, right?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PewDiePie slams YouTube for removing dislike count: \u201cIf it ain\u2019t broke, why fix it?\u201d YouTube: PewDiePieYouTube has revealed that it will remove the number of dislikes on videos across its platform \u2014 but it\u2019s most-subscribed creator, PewDiePie, isn\u2019t a huge fan of this change. After experimenting with hiding the number of dislikes on videos over […]<\/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-57553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57553","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=57553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}