Debunking disliking dislikes
In No More Dislikes For You, Just Some Guy raises more valid points on YouTube's experiment. This is a useful insight to those of us who are not YouTube content creators.
It's already possible for content creators to not show the dislike count; doing so is usually a sign that a video is massively downvoted though. LucasFilm/Disney want to achieve this end, while at the same time making it less obvious; hence dragging other channels down the same route, whether they want it or not.
As to protecting creator-wellbeing, creators can still see the dislike count, even if it's hidden from public view. So their delicate sensibilities will be offended anyway.
I wonder if YouTube will poll its creators as to whether they want to be part of this scheme on rollout? Or offer them the option to display dislikes in the same way that hiding them is currently an option? (thinking)
Nah!