YouTube Announces, “We Will Soon Hide Number of Dislikes for All Videos to Safeguard Video Creators”

On Wednesday, YouTube announced that they would soon hide the numbers displayed on the dislike button to protect the video creators from targeted attacks and harassment. However, the dislike button will still exist, and users will be able to click on it, but they will no longer see the negative review tally. Analysts cited the number of public likes or dislike that all social media posts flaunt as harmful for well-being. YouTube also dropped the YouTube Rewind project in 2020 because of the pandemic, and they won’t make a comeback. They stated it leaves the decision of making rewind recordingsOn Wednesday, YouTube announced that they would soon hide the numbers displayed on the dislike button to protect the video creators from targeted attacks and harassment. However, the dislike button will still exist, and users will be able to click on it, but they will no longer see the negative review tally. Analysts cited the number of public likes or dislike that all social media posts flaunt as harmful for well-being. YouTube also dropped the YouTube Rewind project in 2020 because of the pandemic, and they won’t make a comeback. They stated it leaves the decision of making rewind recordings […]