Google removed dislike from YouTube videos

In a remarkable decision, Google disliked YouTube videos. But what prompted Google to make such a decision, and what will be the consequences?

There are some people who try to dislike the algorithms of this popular platform by disliking certain videos on YouTube, thus reducing the number of views of a video. Google announced in 2019 that it intends to stop these people; But they still click the dislike button for reasons that have nothing to do with the video content.

Remove public display of dislike numbers from YouTube videos

This behavior may be due to their unpleasant feelings about the person in the video or the company being advertised. Now Google has announced that it wants to put an end to these behaviors, which is why it has personalized the number of disliked videos on all YouTube platforms.

This will make YouTube video producers less harassed and also reduce the number of people who want to reduce the number of views of a video by dislike. Of course, Google has not removed the dislike button from YouTube, but simply will no longer display the number of video dislikes in public.

Content creators can still view the number of dislikes of their videos in YouTube Studio along with other relevant analytics data.

A few months ago, Google carried out the removal of Dislike to assess its impact on reducing harassment of video producers, as well as the performance of malicious groups on a trial and limited basis, which seems to have been successful.

Of course, there were also benefits to showing the public the number of disliked YouTube videos. For example, many of them can show other users that the title of the video has nothing to do with its content and is just to get more views. Previously, if you moved the mouse pointer over the thumb icon, the number of dislikes was shown; But now if you do this, only the word “Dislike” will be displayed.

A few years ago, Instagram tried to remove the Like button to protect the mental health of its users. This was done to reduce users’ emphasis on collecting likes and instead focusing on the content of the messages. Eventually, Instagram and its parent company Facebook decided to leave it up to users to show or hide the number of likes.

YouTube supports video producers

YouTube said their decision not to display the number of dislikes in public was not forced by any organization, and that they did so solely to protect content producers.

Thanks to the fierce competition created by the TickTack short video platform, YouTube feels the need to support its video producers, which is why it has set aside $ 100 million to support producers on its short video platform.

YouTube said in a statement:

We made this change; Because we believe that YouTube’s duty to protect its producers, especially smaller producers, from harassment and dyslexic attacks.

New changes related to not displaying the number of disliked YouTube videos will be implemented in all programs as well as its website from today.