YouTube launches test to hide video ‘dislike’ counts


YouTube on Tuesday announced that it has launched a ‘small experiment’ to test several new designs that do not display a public dislike count. — AP

LOS ANGELES: Thumbs up or thumbs down?

For years, YouTube has allowed viewers to rate the videos on the site using either the “like” or “dislike” icons. But only now has the Google-owned video platform gotten the message that the thumbs-down button might be a means of bullying individual YouTube users.

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