YouTube removes key feature from app and everyone has same thought

YOUTUBE is getting rid of one of its most common features.

The video platform is saying goodbye to its dislike counts so you won’t be able to see how many people disapprove of a video.

The dislike button is about to changeCredit: Youtube

The dislike button will still be there but you won’t be able to see the amount of dislikes.

YouTube said: “Earlier this year, we experimented with the dislike button to see whether or not changes could help better protect our creators from harassment, and reduce dislike attacks — where people work to drive up the number of dislikes on a creator’s videos.

“As part of this experiment, viewers could still see and use the dislike button. But because the count was not visible to them, we found that they were less likely to target a video’s dislike button to drive up the count.

“In short, our experiment data showed a reduction in dislike attacking behavior.”

The change will start rolling out immediately but you may still see dislike counts under videos for a while.

YouTube said small creators were unfairly targeted by the button and it wants to protect them.

Creators can still see the exact amount of dislikes they have on a video.

Some people have taken to social media to complain that removing the dislike count will make it harder for people to determine whether they want to watch a video.

Popular web video producer Marques Brownlee tweeted: “Hey @YouTube removing info from the rating system is NOT helpful.

“Public like/dislike ratio = Useful tool to see how helpful a video will be at a glance. Hiding dislikes helps nothing… but increases the # of ppl dissatisfied by spending too much time watching an unhelpful video”.

The comment has tens of thousands of likes.