Google announced on November 10 that it had removed the number of dislikes on the YouTube platform. Due to the decision that is valid on both the mobile application and the website of the video sharing site YouTube videos don’t show likes count. Content can be disliked as before. Now only the channel owner will see how many people have left.
A group of developers, who also exist on the GitHub platform, where software developers display projects, bringing back the number of dislikes created a plugin. Available in Chrome, Firefox and JS Userscript-based browsers ‘Return YouTube Dislike’ The plugin is based on YouTube’s Data API and re-enables the visibility of the dislike count, showing the total number of dislikes.
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How to show YouTube dislikes count?
To bring back YouTube dislikes Return YouTube Dislike you have to install the plugin. First of all, click on the link here to reach the web page of the plugin. Then open the store by clicking on the logo of the browser you are using. Subsequently ‘Add to Chrome’ or ‘Add to Firefox’ Press the button and install this little software in your browser.
Alternatively, you can install it on your iPhone with iOS operating system. But for this process, your iPhone must be jailbroken. The developers state that they do not take any responsibility at this point and all responsibility belongs to the user. Jailbreak, which is similar to rooting on Android, gives you additional privileges on the iPhone, which is closed to the outside in software.
After installing Return YouTube Dislike, you don’t need to enable it specially. The plugin starts working automatically. YouTube dislikes It comes to the videos you will watch on youtube.com. If you stop using it, you can uninstall it from the Extensions or Add-ons page of the browser. But if you care about the number of dislikes, you should keep them.
Why did YouTube hide the number of dislikes?
Google wants to remove dislikes from YouTube, content producers from ‘dislike attacks’ part of the conservation initiative. Regarding this issue, the company shared the following information in its statement:
At YouTube, we strive to provide a place where creators of all sizes and backgrounds can find and share their voices. We’ve implemented a variety of features and policies to make sure YouTube supports respectful interactions between viewers and creators. Earlier this year, our creators better protect from harassment and reduce dislike attacks We tried something new on the dislike button to see if it helps.
Viewers will still be able to see and use the dislike button. As part of this experiment; We found that viewers were less likely to target the dislike button to increase the number of dislikes. In short, our experimental data a reduction in dislike attacks showed.
What do you think about the removal of dislikes?