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YouTube Starts Hiding Dislike Counts to Curb Creator Harassment

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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYouTube is giving a thumbs-down to its longstanding “dislike” feature.In an effort to thwart “dislike attacks” on creators, YouTube said that starting Wednesday (Nov.

10) it will start hiding public dislike counts. The change will roll out gradually across the entire platform.However, the dislike button will remain: YouTube viewers can still dislike videos, which will influence YouTube’s recommendation algorithm as well as provide a way to “privately share feedback” with creators, according to the Google-owned video giant.

And creators will still be able to see their exact dislike counts in YouTube Studio “if they would like to understand how their content is performing,” YouTube said in a blog post.

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