[disantlor]

ive used youtube daily for years and never once looked at or clicked the dislike button (or the like button). seems to work fine for me

[Shugarl]

I've used YouTube daily for years and always found it quite useful to see dislike bar, because it's rare to see more than 10% dislikes on a video, so whenever that happens, you know that something's wrong.

[andrew_]

I use it prolifically to mark videos that are hard to watch or lack the content they claim they contain. I consider it a noble service to my peers.

[disantlor]

fair but id assume the algorithm prioritizes watch time anyway. people might dislike a video but then watch it anyway… guessing youtube is going to opt to keep showing the video.