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Google is testing the hiding of YouTube's dislike button entirely from all forms of videos (media.thebrainbin.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by to c/enshittification@lemmy.world
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Crossposted from https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1480679/google-is-testing-the-hiding-of-youtube-s-dislike-button-entirely-from-all-forms-of-vide

Source: User reports, reported on by couple of news outlets:

Google is testing the hiding of YouTube's dislike button entirely from all forms of videos
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[–] 9 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

The real dislike button is removing videos from your watch history - as the watch history defines what the algorithm recommends. Curate your watch history and you can have a better experience.

The dislike button is for users telling the content creator they've made a bad video. But I believe studies have shown it can leave a bad impression of the platform on the user - that's why sites get rid of negative indicators.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

    My watch history is turned off.

    The real dislike button is using a channel blocker, or pipepipe etc

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  • [–] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

    The real dislike button is not watching YouTube.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    pipepipe etc seems very not likey.

    I'm still to find a platform that serves the same purpose as yt, it's my last google thing. I had some potential options open, but then didn't. Need to look yet again.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Unsure what aspect you are looking for, but maybe #Grayjay or straight-up #RSS?

    Former aggregates video and audio services, and people can make their own integrations too, and even helps with discoverability if you explore the home tab. Latter fits a similar aggregation purpose purpose, though not quite on discoverability and is more manual to use.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    A balance of quantity and quality I guess, browser based, and no to low ai

    I've looked a few times over the years and never found anything that ticks the boxes.

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