• 10_0@lemmy.ml
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      3 years ago

      dislikes do give a first impression to the viewer, and can be used to get a general sense of video reception. so theyre not useless, it’s just most people like the video anyway because their told to at the start of every video.

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        3 years ago

        I’m not saying they’re useless. I’m actually pointing out that dislikes on comments already not show to anyone else and doesn’t even affect the ranking.

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      3 years ago

      I use it to hopefully signal to the algorithm that is carefully updating my google data profile that I don’t want to see more of that kind of video.