“We strive to be a place where creators of all sizes and backgrounds can find and share their voices.” Thus begins the press release with which YouTube announces that from today, gradually, it will say goodbye to the “I don’t like” button.
Too much pressure on video creators and who decides to invest in this platform. From today, the count of “I don’t like” will be private. As early as March, YouTube had announced that it was working to hide the dislike of the public and the fact that the single user could not see how many there were, led him to use it much less. Now, this will no longer be an option and could close a harassment vector.
The use of this key mainly affected the smaller creators and this fueled violence and hate speech, hate speech online.
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“Creators will still be able to find the exact number of dislikes in YouTube Studio, along with other existing metrics, if they want to understand how their content is performing. We want to create an inclusive and respectful environment in which creators have the opportunity to be successful and feel safe expressing themselves, “YouTube clarifies.
Viewers may still not like videos to optimize their recommendations and share their feedback, but in private.
Other social networks have also offered users the ability to hide rating metrics: Instagram and Facebook notoriously allow you to hide like counts for example.