[envp]

> Some of you mention dislikes help you decide what to watch,” said YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki. “But dislikes were never shown to people on the homepage, search results, up next screen, where users were most likely to choose a video

Well I click the video and back out as soon as I see dislikes approachung likes in quantity.

Was that really so hard to come up with for said CEO?

[libertine]

This was, and it's just confirmed after this statement, the justification and results for this action: hiding dislikes improved watch-time overall on youtube.

Like she said, the problem wasn't the getting in the way of choosing the video, but for bouncing out of it.

No dislikes, less bounce, more watch time, less time spent on other platforms, more revenue from advertising.

Basically they are sugar coating potential crap to feed to their users.

[sigmaprimus]

> Some of you mention dislikes help you decide what to watch,” said YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki. "But...

*Edit*

YOUTUBE WILL DECIDE THAT FOR YOU!!!

[atom_arranger]

Could be a good argument for putting the ratio on the homepage and search results too.