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		whywhywhywhy on Nov 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making the dislike count private across YouTube What's stopping me posting "Upvote to dislike this" as a comment on every video I dislike. Cowardly move that's being presented as one thing but really there is a deeper message here.

datenarsch on Nov 10, 2021 | [–]

Their comment system will bury or shadow ban your comment because it has the word dislike in it.

That's why you only ever see positive, happy high-five comments under videos anymore. The dystopian crackdown started sometime after the 2016 US election.

yellowbanana on Nov 10, 2021 | [–]

They can just disable comments ( the poster of the video )

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