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		XCSme on Nov 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making the dislike count private across YouTube Yes, the conclusion makes no sense. "We removed the dislike button. This resulted in a reduction in dislikes, people are happier."

jnwatson on Nov 11, 2021 [–]

That’s not what they did.

XCSme on Nov 15, 2021 | [–]

No, but that's what their conclusion sounds like.

They made a specific action less rewarding, so that (obviously) resulted in the action being done less often.

It would happen exactly the same if they did this for the "like" button.

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