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On a video with 45,000 views I think the number of votes total doesn't matter as much as how many are up and down.

So if there was a similar video with the same views and likes but 0 downvotes you think it'd be significantly better? I'd guess the difference was noise.

I mean "maybe," right? It just seems like a sample-size problem rather than indicating any bias one way or another. And of course, as far as these things go, you only find out the quality after you watch some or all of it.

Yes, I agree. (I was just using the example given, which probably wasn't the best example for illustrating the value of public downvote counts.)

BTW, I should have known that if I questioned the value of public downvotes on a thread of downvoting enthusiasts that I would... get downvoted.

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