YouTube starts to hide the number of aversions on all videos for everyone
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(Pocket-lint) – The number of audience disagreements on YouTube videos is a thing of the past.
As of Wednesday, November 10, 2021, YouTube will hide the number of public disagreements on all videos on its site. The company said the reason was to prevent small creators from being harassed by attacks from disliked mobs and to promote “respectful interactions between viewers and creators.”
To be clear, the Dislike button will still be available for private comments. Creators can view version numbers for their own video through YouTube Studio. The number of dislikes is simply no longer visible to everyone. If you’re a well-meaning viewer, this change definitely makes it harder for you to judge a video’s “likes / dislikes” ratio and decide whether or not to watch. But it also makes it harder and harder for others to publicly shame video creators.
Last March, YouTube first revealed that it plans to hide dislike counts from the public, and some creators have long had the ability to hide them. Now it is to announce that they will disappear – gradually – for everyone. When testing aversion number hiding, YouTube found that people were less likely to use the button.
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Keep in mind that other social networks have experimented with covering up public valuation measures. Instagram, for example, even lets you hide the counts.
Written by Maggie Tillman. Originally published on .