Do You Dislike Videos? Or Leave Reviews?

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[charlotte-hbjg]

on regular videos that i just don’t like the content of, i don’t ever use the dislike button. however, i do dislike videos of people being problematic (james charles coming back, etc)

[fkaciggs]

It's not that I think my opinion especially should be recorded when I comment or review something online, it's that I acknowledge that content on this platform needs data in order to give an average so I'm contributing a tiny little bit of data that on it's own is full of bias and is not worth a whole lot but as part of a whole might help influence the way someone navigates YouTube. Maybe they don't want to mess around finding a tutorial for something, watching tons of videos to find the right one. Maybe they just want a quick and short tutorial that just works? People commenting and hitting like or dislike will help inform them of the appropriate video in that case.

[vanessa]

I've disliked genuinely harmful or stolen content, but I've recently learned that interacting with the dislike button still counts as engagement and has been boosting things like those dangerous and blatantly false craft channels, so I now try to ignore content like that.

Ideally, YouTube should change their algorithm to avoid promoting this type of content, or at least review highly disliked videos to see if is actually problematic. If YouTube isn't using the button data for itself though, then I don't think it needs to be public. It's just for the creator at that point

[greece_]

I think it's related to your own personality, for example some people are committed to their belief of having to express their opinions through reviews/ratings/like/dislikes since it will be helpful for others to get an idea of how much this specific content or service will contribute to their lives. Whereas other people, like myself, know and believe that is indeed important, but sometimes don't find the necessity to type how much they liked or disliked something.

In my case, if I'm not interested in/like the video or topic I just avoid it, if I happen to watch something I don't particularly like I just leave the video. If it's the content I enjoy though, ever since a few years ago I've been making the effort to express it to the content creator so they know I appreciate what they're doing c:

[l.michelle]

Yes. Earlier today . Can't remember when I disliked a video before this .
I try and watch channels that, have underlying good energy. Doing this means I can avoid many I would dislike .
Some videos, I personally don't agree with or actually fully like, but if the subject matter is well covered, good intentioned and has its merits I will usually like.
Encourage what You want more of in the world...if a like will do that then I do 🤗

[tinabaker]

My biggest problem with removing the dislike button is the effect that it has on discussions of problematic content on this cite. I have been watching a lot of content recently about controversial creators and their fan bases and knowing the like to dislike ratio for these types of videos is helpful to gauge the the mindset of audiences and how they engage with this type of content. If a creator posts a video that involves some morally reprehensible stuff and the like to dislike ratio is heavily weighed in favor of the creator we can identify a serious issue in the fan base that should be addressed. But now that kind of information is no longer public information fourcing talks about these communities to be more speculative. It doesn't end discussion of problematic creators but is can make analyzing them more difficult.

[lestranged]

I mostly click LIKE before I even watch a video and I click LIKE for about 90% of the videos I watch. It's just automatic for the channels I follow. Very very few have I ever disliked, and mostly I do that for stolen content. I do think that for product reviews like amazon, I am more likely to rate something if I had a bad experience so I try to remind myself that I need to leave more reviews when I am satisfied. It's hard to muster the motivation when it was fine but not anything memorable, like when it just did what it was supposed to do. And that is 90% of purchases: I got the thing, it works, nothing to complain about or to celebrate, it's just fine. It's just a lot to keep up with trying to rate everything.

[shelly]

I always like a video to show the creator my support. I rarely comment on videos (maybe 10 comments since 2016). I did comment on a theory video recently where I did not agree with content creator's theory. It wasn't rude or hateful. They deleted the comment so, if a creator can just delete your "review" of the video, why leave a comment? Just a thought.

[loveistheweapon]

I dislike videos when I like the creator but hate the content because I know at the end of the day creators need data on what’s doing well and what’s not

[RichiexFelicia]

I dated a Canadian who was an absolute SOB in every way, but we were absolutely bonkers crazy for each other. We had many arguments but he had one hell of an opinion about everything. He was a bigger jerk to everyone else and if he thought negative about someone, he told ya. Point blank... and almost demand them to have a problem with it. ' Don't care what you think of me, this is my opinion and it's right'. Jerk wad. So if he disliked a video, he wouldn't have finished it through, he wouldn't 'waste his time' (That'd be his belief) by clicking the Dislike, but he'd for sure comment. Oh I'm so confident in that and also that he's probably the exact same today. - Just had to share cuz as soon as I started this video, he came to mind in a hurry. No, we're not still together, I married someone else who he would have hated lol

[justkibby]

I've maybe disliked a handful of videos. But I also don't frequently like videos either.

[IlaMedlin]

I hit dislike on content that triggers my trauma responses in hopes that more content like it will not end up in my recommended. I don’t want to take the time to “write a review, ” in the comments to explain to some 19 year old gamer why their point of view dehumanizes someone or deal with the notifications of their audience coming to insult me for what I have said. I just don’t want to “be in a room with them or anyone like them, ” ever again, and the algorithm does facilitate that with the dislike button. I don’t want to spend my energy doing any of the following :
1. Educating the person.
2. Being bullied by their followers.
3. Be continually brought back to the content with notifications of others responding to or “liking, ” my comments. (Especially this reason.)
4. Be given more content like that in my recommended.

[EMNstar]

I just use it to tune my algorithm better...

[vvrr]

Definitely reviews. Which is why I hate snap chat...
Taking about snap chat....
Pertaining to snap chat when you said you're pretending that the protest is nothing...
Keep pretending "nail painting emoji"

For someone who's so pro "my body my choice" that's almost funny...
But I guess that makes sense coming from someone who is anti capitalism. Yet runs a nail polish business....

[luisLr]

First time i see Christina being stupid, yes writing reviews is exhausting that is why the dislike button is a good idea because it's just one click away to express what you think about the video.