Those are only using the ratio of likes and disliles of the users using those extensions.
So it can bias in a way that, say (this is an example, idk if this is true), the users of the extension are more “anti-windows” than the general population. So a video on the announcement of a new Windows release, would show as having more dislikes since the ratio of people who dislike Windows is higher.
(That’s how I understand the extension anyway, correct me if I’m wrong)
Pretty much spot on. I believe they also saved the dislike counts on lots of videos from before the dislike removal, so it’s only new dislikes not reflected accurately
Also, you can help fix the bias! The more people using the extension and disliking things they for like, the more accurate it’ll become
(There were also plans for some kind of API that would link to YouTube accounts to allow content creators to feed the true dislike counts into it constantly, but I believe they were abandoned due to privacy and safety concerns as it required a lot of permissions and essentially root level access into your account to function)
I’d also add DeArrow to remove clickbait thumbnails and titles, and Untrap to completely modify nearly everything, such as removing (hiding, really) shorts, like count, view count, comments altogether, even hiding the subscribe button among many other options.
Depending on your browser, you can look for a “bring back the dislikes” extension. There are usually a few.
Really the only way to make an impact on a video you dislike is to watch as little as possible and do not interact at all. Leave no comment or like/dislike.
Which really sucks, because information like # of dislikes and informative comments are the only real way to determine if the content is worth the time.
Ugh, this is even worse now, since the dislikes are hidden.
ReturnYouTubeDislike and DeArrow/SponsorBlock are your best friends. Even available in ReVanced for Android
Those are only using the ratio of likes and disliles of the users using those extensions.
So it can bias in a way that, say (this is an example, idk if this is true), the users of the extension are more “anti-windows” than the general population. So a video on the announcement of a new Windows release, would show as having more dislikes since the ratio of people who dislike Windows is higher.
(That’s how I understand the extension anyway, correct me if I’m wrong)
Pretty much spot on. I believe they also saved the dislike counts on lots of videos from before the dislike removal, so it’s only new dislikes not reflected accurately
Also, you can help fix the bias! The more people using the extension and disliking things they for like, the more accurate it’ll become
(There were also plans for some kind of API that would link to YouTube accounts to allow content creators to feed the true dislike counts into it constantly, but I believe they were abandoned due to privacy and safety concerns as it required a lot of permissions and essentially root level access into your account to function)
I’d also add DeArrow to remove clickbait thumbnails and titles, and Untrap to completely modify nearly everything, such as removing (hiding, really) shorts, like count, view count, comments altogether, even hiding the subscribe button among many other options.
Depending on your browser, you can look for a “bring back the dislikes” extension. There are usually a few.
Really the only way to make an impact on a video you dislike is to watch as little as possible and do not interact at all. Leave no comment or like/dislike.
Which really sucks, because information like # of dislikes and informative comments are the only real way to determine if the content is worth the time.