Seems like a bit disproportionate reaction. Most of YouTube's value is in the videos.. not the dislike counter. Help me understand the trade-off here...
Have you ever tried watching a tutorial and come across one that has a ton of dislikes? Its a clear indicator that the video is a waste of time. Removing this is going to waste peoples time.
> Removing this is going to waste peoples time.
The term of art is ‘increase engagement’.
Video's value is in dislike counter. It helps in assessing content from new/smaller studios.
Yeah, I'm actually behind this one. There's enough negativity on the internet, if youtube lose 0.25% of their premium subscribers they'll still be just fine. I doubt if much more than that will drop their subscriptions as the main value is lots less ads and premium-only content.
If you cant deal with the negativity then stop making videos, its that simple.
By the same token, if you can't deal with people who don't want to deal with negativity then stop using YouTube. It's that simple