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…
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Unfortunately dislikes are still visible to the uploader and still affect how the video performs
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Replying to @Deoku64
why is that a bad thing tho?

Nov 12, 2021 · 3:31 PM UTC

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Replying to @CiblesGD
Because if a video gets dislikebombed it will perform poorly and the maker will still see it