While plenty of creators have fallen victim to dislike mobs, YouTube itself experienced a massive mob recently when its2018 Rewind videobecame the most disliked video on the platform last year (as of today, it has 15 million dislikes). Millions of those dislikes may have been genuine, bu...
We can see that YouTube Rewind videos of 2018 and 2019 are the two most disliked trending videos in 2019. Note that the number of dislikes for the three videos in the table is larger than the number of likes but they became trending despite that. And although “Boy With Luv” song was...
YouTube's Flash player has the standard bells and whistles, including volume control, play, rewind and a couple of buttons that allow the viewer to minimize or maximize the viewing screen. In order to view YouTube videos, users must have Macromedia Flash Player 7.0 or higher installed on ...
The snubbed YouTubers and their fans quickly retaliated with a passive-aggressive but potent protest. Within a week, "Rewind 2018 " was the most unpopular video on the service, now with more than 15 million dislikes. So intense was the dissent that YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki sort-of apolog...
YouTube removing dislikes not only censors dissent from corporate propaganda and brand agendas It also protects predators and abusers from accountability to their audience, making new victims easier to find In the effort to make users "safe" YouTube has done the opposite ...