yay now you have to watch the whole video to tell if it's a scam/troll/shitty tutorial, at least capeshit movie trailers won't be downvoted anymore

  • cosecantphi [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Just realized this is going to become the reason they eventually remove comments. On every bad video, the top comment will become: "Like this comment to dislike the video"

    I suppose it's easy enough to just disable comments on movie trailers and other stuff they don't want people to mass dislike. But they already had the option to disable the like system on individual videos.

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Would they do that though? We know these companies prize engagement above all else, and I can't be the only one who probably spends as much time reading YT comments as I do actually watching videos.

      Then again, I suppose YT comments aren't tied to advertising so maybe they don't give a shit about how much people engage with them...