YouTube to launch a new feature to make content creators happy
Seeing more ‘Dislikes’ than ‘Likes’ in a video could be one of the worst nightmares for any content creator. Also, online trolls have recently started to weaponise the ‘Dislike’ button to get their message across and make fun of genuine content. Not to forget, sometimes the ‘Dislikes’ have nothing to do with the content of the video, thus, defeating the entire purpose of having a like button.
Taking note of this, YouTube has said that it is experimenting with a new feature that will stop showing ‘Dislikes’ on videos and the same will only appear inside YouTube Studio. The number of dislikes will not be publicly visible, however, the ‘Dislike’ button will continue to exist. So, viewers will be able to dislike a particular video but this will prevent targeted attacks by online trolls.