YouTube Co-Founder Says Removing Dislike Counts Is a 'Stupid Idea': A YouTube co-founder is not a fan of the platform’s recent decision to hide dislike counts from videos, arguing that it destroys a crucial way to determine if a clip is worth viewing.

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[–]Orangutan[S] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Jawed Karim edits the description to his video 'Me at the zoo,' which was the first clip published on YouTube, to argue that the video site is embracing mediocrity. 'Nothing can be great if nothing is bad,' he says.

“When every YouTuber agrees that removing dislikes is a stupid idea, it probably is. Try again, YouTube,” says Jawed Karim.

[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think the ratio is critical for a big site like YouTube.

It would be critical for SaidIt too if we were bigger.

The worst thing about Reddit's votes are that they subtract the negative from the positive.