YouTube has announced that it’ll be hiding public dislike counts on videos across its site, starting November 10th.
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This move isn’t out of the blue.
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In March, YouTube announced that it was experimenting with hiding the public dislike numbers.
Individual creators have long had the ability to hide ratings on their videos.
But the fact that the dislike counts will be disappearing for everyone (gradually, according to YouTube) is a big deal.
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This article goes into why this is happening and the benefits YouTube expects to see.