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by QuietCF 1493 days ago
Downvotes are used by google to suggest content. If you downvoted something, you engaged with it, which google loves and wants more of.

The incentive for users/viewers to downvote something has always been to give other viewers a heads up. This doesn’t work anymore

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Is "downvoted count as engagement and this boost the video" a documented result or just a rumor?