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Anon dislikes reddit (programming.dev)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Except youtube, because dislikes were only used to call out scams and ads. The ad people got mad and now misinformation is easier to spread.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t say ‘only’. There were a lot of downvoted things that were just controversial.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, there were, and for the most part YT promoted those dislikes the same as likes. I think they still do. The dislikes they actually removed were the visible ones, the ones people could use to steer clear of ads and scams.