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Try searching or browse recent questions. [profile-12] Meaghan - TeamYouTube Meaghan - TeamYouTube Community Manager 1 day More options Get Link Report Abuse Update to YouTube Dislike Counts Announcement 0 Hi everyone, Earlier this year, we experimented with the dislike count to see whether or not changes could help better protect creators from harassment, and reduce dislike attacks - where people work to drive up the number of dislikes on a creator's videos. What we learned from the experiment: Those in the experiment could still see and use the public dislike button, but because the count was not visible to them, we found that they were less likely to target a video's dislike button to drive up the count. In short, our experiment data showed a reduction in dislike attacking behavior 1. We've also heard directly from smaller creators, and those just getting started with their YouTube channel, that they are unfairly targeted by dislike attacks. Our experiment data confirmed that this behavior does occur at a higher proportion on smaller channels. What's changing with dislikes starting today: Based on what we learned, we're moving forward with making the dislike count private across YouTube-this means that the dislike button is staying, but the number of dislikes on a video will only be available to creators in Studio and not visible to the public on the video's page. This change is gradually rolling out starting today. [thread-134] Here's what to expect based on how you use YouTube: * Creators: You'll still be able to find your exact dislike counts in YouTube Studio for each video-only if you'd like to. Creators will still be able to find their exact dislike counts in YouTube Studio if they would like to understand how their content is performing. There are many other metrics available to help you analyze your video and channel performance, so review this Help Center Guide that covers YouTube Analytics tools and reports (especially recommend visiting the "Engagement tab" in Studio and checking out key moments for audience retention). * Viewers: You can still dislike videos to further personalize and tune your recommendations, the only change is you won't be able to view the number of dislikes on the video. We understand that some of you have used dislikes to help decide whether or not to watch a video-still, we believe this is the right thing to do for our platform, and to help create an inclusive and respectful environment where creators have the opportunity to succeed and feel safe to express themselves. * Developers: If you're using the YouTube API for dislikes, you will no longer have access to public dislike data beginning on December 13th. Your end users will still be able to view dislike data related to their own content on authenticated API requests. You can apply for an exemption (to have dislike data on non-authenticated calls) as long as you don't display or share dislike data with your end users. For more top questions and answers about this experiment and today's update, hear directly from YouTube's Creator Liaison Matt Koval in this YouTube video: Update to YouTube's Dislike Count. As always, I'll be monitoring questions and feedback in the comments below. -Meaghan, TeamYouTube -- 1 Analysis conducted July 2021 Details Connect with Comments, Posts, Stories and more Pinned Locked Upvote (520) Subscribe Unsubscribe Community content may not be verified or up-to-date. Learn more. Last edited 4 hr ago Latest Update Latest Updates (1) [profile-12] Meaghan - TeamYouTube Meaghan - TeamYouTube Community Manager 1 day More options Get Link Report Abuse Recommended Answer Relevant Answer Hi everyone, Jumping in to share answers to a few top FAQS. Please see below: -- Q: This feels like censorship. For many, the dislike button was informative and way to express feedback. A: If it helps, you can still dislike a video, and creators will see this feedback privately in Studio if they choose to look up the dislike count metric. We are not removing the ability to dislike content. While we understand and respect that not everyone welcomes this change, it's an important step to reduce behavior that aims to silence and harass creators, especially smaller creators and channels just getting started on YouTube. Please feel free to watch the YouTube Creator Liason video for more background, information from our earlier experiment, and other details https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=kxOuG8jMIgI Q: This isn't about protecting small content creators, it's about protecting big brands/advertisers. A: We see why some folks might think that though it's absolutely not the case. We are making the dislike count private to protect our creators by reducing targeted dislike attacks on their channels. Q: YouTube is doing this in response to YouTube Rewind 2018 A: We *have* learned the hard way how it feels to get a lot of dislikes ;) but no, this change is about protecting our creators, especially those smaller creators and channels just trying to get started on YouTube. -- We will continue to monitor your feedback and reply to questions as needed. We appreciate you being a part of our community and sharing your thoughts on this launch with us. Thank you! Google user recommended this Community Manager Meaghan - TeamYouTube marked this as an answer Recommended based on info available Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. If it seems to be helpful, we may eventually mark it as a Recommended Answer. Last edited 1 day ago Helpful? 201 1090 Recommended Answer Recommended Answers (0) Relevant Answer Relevant Answers (0) Our automated system analyzes the replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. All Replies (252) U User 1483715158224777815 User 1483715158224777815 1 day More options Get Link Report Abuse Recommended Answer Relevant Answer This is fundamentally a form of censorship and I am very unhappy about it. For me the dislike button was informative. If feels like they are trying to create a world where everything can only be good, better, even more better, which just doesn't represent reality. Imagine Stack Overflow only having the option to upvote Questions and Answers. The ratio of likes vs dislikes of a TED talk does help me to decide if I should stop watching a video which just isn't getting better. Google user recommended this Community Manager Meaghan - TeamYouTube marked this as an answer Recommended based on info available Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. If it seems to be helpful, we may eventually mark it as a Recommended Answer. Helpful? 0 0 U User 1483715158224777815 User 1483715158224777815 1 day More options Get Link Report Abuse Recommended Answer Relevant Answer This isn't about small content creators. It's almost certainly about big brands (advertisers) that hate it when their high budget movie/ game/trailer/whatever gets publicly downvoted. Google user recommended this Community Manager Meaghan - TeamYouTube marked this as an answer Recommended based on info available Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. If it seems to be helpful, we may eventually mark it as a Recommended Answer. Helpful? 0 0 A Adam Connor 3736 Adam Connor 3736 1 day More options Get Link Report Abuse Recommended Answer Relevant Answer Yet another good reason to avoid youtube, since this interferes with my ability to quickly assess which videos on technical things are worth watching. Youtube has become more interested in making life easy for brands on youtube than on helping actual viewers. So it goes. Bye. (I was a subscriber. Now I won't be.) Google user recommended this Community Manager Meaghan - TeamYouTube marked this as an answer Recommended based on info available Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. If it seems to be helpful, we may eventually mark it as a Recommended Answer. Helpful? 0 0 U User 17031222166047085132 User 17031222166047085132 1 day More options Get Link Report Abuse Recommended Answer Relevant Answer I dislike this post. I note that you only provide an "upvote" for your content as well, how convenient. Google user recommended this Community Manager Meaghan - TeamYouTube marked this as an answer Recommended based on info available Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. If it seems to be helpful, we may eventually mark it as a Recommended Answer. Last edited 1 day ago Helpful? 0 0 U User 6096912364731424561 User 6096912364731424561 1 day More options Get Link Report Abuse Recommended Answer Relevant Answer Downvoting this!! This is withdrawing one of the key signals the public has. Justifying this anti-information by saying that some were hurt by it doesn't justify putting Youtube viewers into perpetual dark. Stop feeding us this junk. Google user recommended this Community Manager Meaghan - TeamYouTube marked this as an answer Recommended based on info available Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. If it seems to be helpful, we may eventually mark it as a Recommended Answer. Helpful? 0 0 U User 12118263543965248274 User 12118263543965248274 1 day More options Get Link Report Abuse Recommended Answer Relevant Answer Sir please support me viral my short Video please Google user recommended this Community Manager Meaghan - TeamYouTube marked this as an answer Recommended based on info available Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. If it seems to be helpful, we may eventually mark it as a Recommended Answer. Helpful? 0 0 U User 7087476536508252036 User 7087476536508252036 1 day More options Get Link Report Abuse Recommended Answer Relevant Answer Sir please support me viral my short Video please sir Tr deepakyt Google user recommended this Community Manager Meaghan - TeamYouTube marked this as an answer Recommended based on info available Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. If it seems to be helpful, we may eventually mark it as a Recommended Answer. Last edited 1 day ago Helpful? 0 0 K Kardall Kardall 1 day More options Get Link Report Abuse Recommended Answer Relevant Answer Can we see the raw experiment data itself? Google user recommended this Community Manager Meaghan - TeamYouTube marked this as an answer Recommended based on info available Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. If it seems to be helpful, we may eventually mark it as a Recommended Answer. Helpful? 0 0 U User 6603516106397946581 User 6603516106397946581 1 day More options Get Link Report Abuse Recommended Answer Relevant Answer Phew good change! Now nobody will remember the dislikes on YouTube Rewind 2018 Google user recommended this Community Manager Meaghan - TeamYouTube marked this as an answer Recommended based on info available Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. If it seems to be helpful, we may eventually mark it as a Recommended Answer. Helpful? 0 0 242 more U User 11222743613996364364 User 11222743613996364364 2 hr More options Get Link Report Abuse Recommended Answer Relevant Answer And that is why we need to switch from YouTube to something else. We require a new platform that brings back the glory days of YouTube. Because this in nonsense. This is a direct insult to the users. YouTube does not care about its users nor it's creators. This is just for political use. If I can't dislike a video where some politician talks nonsense, then I don't want to stay on this platform. This just shows that YouTube is just another corrupt company that does not care about it's customers. I am afraid that this not caring about your customers is becoming a trend in the world. We have to push back against this. Google user recommended this Community Manager Meaghan - TeamYouTube marked this as an answer Recommended based on info available Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. If it seems to be helpful, we may eventually mark it as a Recommended Answer. Helpful? 0 0 Reply This question is locked and replying has been disabled. Discard post? You will lose what you have written so far. false false [null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,false] [ ] [*]Subscribe to updates Write a reply 10 characters required Failed to attach file, click here to try again. 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