• don
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    121 month ago

    Because the tube is all about watchtime and engagement. Engagement includes any interaction with the video, such as comments and downvotes.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 month ago

      The wild part is, at least on tiktok, downvoting or selecting “not interested” seems to give me MORE of that content. It’s as if leaving the video on your screen for longer is giving that video more points in the algo than your expressed disinterest. What works better (on tiktok) is to scroll away with the minimum amount of time spent looking at the video.

      Makes me appreciate when there’s a big message in the first second that says “wait until the end!” I swipe so fast when I see that. Otherwise I might have to wait to hear what they’re doing in this video, which would boost them in the algorithm.

        • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed
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          21 month ago

          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)

        • don
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          21 month ago

          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.

      • don
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        21 month ago

        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.