I’ve been so used to judging a post just by its popularity on reddit, but it’s actually so much more useful to have an idea of the downvote ratio. I’m glad we have that here.

It was a scandal when it disappeared from YouTube, but I didn’t realize it was missing from Reddit too for much longer!

  • manned_meatballEnglish
    361·
    2 years ago

    at least Reddit showed the upvote - downvote balance, YouTube only shows upvotes, which is a completely useless number.

      • IllNessEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        They should at least have a viewed to upvote ratio.

      • electrorocketEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Yeah, like a close door button on an elevator, or a cross street button on an intersection.

    • MetalHead77English
      51·
      2 years ago

      YT doesn’t want your poor little feelings to be hurt.

      • Bucket_of_TruthEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Part of the reason youTube switched is because both the vote buttons did the same thing. Each one just measured engagement, which is why people always complained about their feeds being swamped with things they didn’t want to see. Essentially serving up videos for people to hate watch, but still watch.