I am going to leave this website with a hot take but I think this is a good change from a psychological standpoint.
TeamYouTube
 @TeamYouTube
10 Nov 2021
To reduce targeted dislike attacks & their impact on creators (esp on smaller creators), you’ll no longer see a public dislike *count* on YouTube starting today (the dislike button is staying). This comes after lots of research, testing & consideration → youtube.com/watch?v=kxOuG8jM…

Nov 10, 2021 · 8:44 PM UTC

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Replying to @CiblesGD
Unfortunately dislikes are still visible to the uploader and still affect how the video performs
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why is that a bad thing tho?
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Still not the greatest change imo
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There are definite downsides yea, but I think overall it's a good change
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You’ll personally still see them tho?
Replying to @CiblesGD
it's a net negative, dislikes are the best way to tell apart good tutorials from bad ones because it takes way less effort to dislike something than to comment on it, and creators can delete comments
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