For everyone missing the dislike counter, you can bring it back with this Chrome extension.

chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/return-youtube-dislike/gebbhagfogifgggkldgodflihgfeippi/related

Thank you man. I can't traverse nft or crypto threads without the dislikes helping me sort the grifters

YouTube made a mistake

github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike

they are working on many ways to get the data into the future exciting

Additionally, the dislike field in the YouTube API will be removed on December 13th, 2021, removing any ability to judge the quality of content before watching.

Wait what, they will remove the Dislike button?

nah it will never go away they're just removing the ability for people that aren't Google to be able to see it

right now there is something in the YouTube API to request that data even tho the number is gone it's still there under the surface for now

the creators of the videos will be able to see it but only their videos no other videos will work after that date

no, as neon said they're removing the visibility.

so on dec 13 your plugin won't work anymore

So I have to waste time to see if the content is worth watching.

Yeah, time for a new main content creator website.

so this one works past the Dec 13th date?

need this for iOS app and Safari

this is the same extension that op posted, it's just the github for their project

yes it actually will work but it won't be as accurate, it will kinda be like an archive so the dislikes will be there but it won't be live

they're working on ways of making it more accurate by collecting data from users, creators and a few other ideas have been thrown around for scrapping more data

Was such a questionable decision, gotta go through loop holes for a 2010 feature

Everyone running these websites have been really dumb lately.

Has anyone else ever heard of a “coordinated attack on channels” using dislikes to stop the owner from profiting from the algorithm?

Until youtube made this change ive never heard of anything like that.

But besides that,

I personally won’t watch or not watch something based on what the majority thought of it, i’d always just base it on the content, and leave if it wasnt what i wanted

yeah I had never heard of dislike bombing videos until all this

just seems like people at YouTube and the Mainstream channels don't like getting 90% thumbs down

I normally don't look at the thumbs but if it's a certain kinda video like a product demo or a fix for a problem I will look and then go into the comments if I see lots of thumbs down

looking at comments has always been a better judge of the situation for me too.

But i guess some people would skip that effort if the like count was overly skewed. Hence the seen frustration.

Yes, but it was for news channels reporting on COVID without being remotely skeptical

ahhhhhhh that would make sense why this is happening now. thanks for the input

A hbo cartoon about an elf who wants to be Santa just got dislike bombed because it was made by Jewish people

Internet folks crazy

I thought you were making a joke at first, obviously the people doing that don't understand: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_American_businesspeople_in_media

Read these comments

youtu.be/aEx_CBxNrXY

just says comments are turned off, any way to still view?

Need to implement thread dislikes for this title

Go here

youtu.be/1OaeLxDQC1M

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