{"id":3296,"date":"2021-11-11T21:25:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T21:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/?p=3296"},"modified":"2021-11-11T21:25:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T21:25:20","slug":"youtube-removes-the-dislike-button-from-hated-content-to-fight-dislike-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/youtube-removes-the-dislike-button-from-hated-content-to-fight-dislike-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Removes the Dislike Button from Hated Content to Fight \u201cDislike Attacks\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to YouTube, the Like\/Dislike buttons that have been there for years are suddenly a threat to the platform, as they are used by malicious actors in, let me quote, &#8220;dislike attacks&#8221; which are targeting small channels.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube says the platform wants to curb &#8220;creator harassment&#8221; by hiding the dislike count. Recently almost all videos published on the White House channel received far more dislikes than likes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN &#8211; YouTube to hide dislike counts on all videos.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1458481100406284290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gee, I wonder why they&#39;re about to hide dislikes.<\/p>\n<p>It&#39;s a total mystery. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tCEwDDVdBY\">pic.twitter.com\/tCEwDDVdBY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPlanet\/status\/1458492588332359691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The video department of the Ministry of Truth doing its part for the greater good.<\/p>\n<p>Google, Facebook, Twitter et al take their cues from the federal government and thus are essentially federal agencies.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Comment__content___H2nSW\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"talk-stream-comment-content talk-slot-comment-content\" data-slot-name=\"commentContent\">\n<div class=\"talk-plugin-ckeditor-text CommentContent__content___1QcVR\">\n<p>Sickening that Sergey Brin escaped communism, yet helps totalitarianism.<\/p>\n<p>What YouTube is doing is removing the confirmation that things that the globalist elite support are not really very popular.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Comment__footer___3AWk_ talk-stream-comment-footer\">\n<div class=\"talk-stream-comment-actions-container\">\n<div class=\"talk-embed-stream-comment-actions-container-left commentActionsLeft comment__action-container\">\n<div class=\"Slot__inline___3gBcm talk-slot-comment-reactions\" data-slot-name=\"commentReactions\">\n<div class=\"Vote__container___2rMUt talk-plugin-vote-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to YouTube, the Like\/Dislike buttons that have been there for years are suddenly a threat to the platform, as they are used by malicious actors in, let me quote, &#8220;dislike attacks&#8221; which are targeting small channels. YouTube says the platform wants to curb &#8220;creator harassment&#8221; by hiding the dislike count. Recently almost all videos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"YouTube Removes Dislike Count to Combat &#039;Creator Harassment&#039; and Protect Small Channels","_seopress_titles_desc":"YouTube has taken measures to tackle &#039;dislike attacks&#039; from malicious actors targeting small channels by hiding the dislike count. 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