My instance of choice decided to unilaterally and without any warning whatsoever disable downvotes. Just to “try it out”.

I’m still pissed about it to this day.

I mean that google removes any kind of downvotes is one stupid thing, but that people think this makes content “better” is crazy to me.

Now I do understand that in small communities the weight of a super negative account can be quite an issue… But is removing completely any negative feedback the solution ? Really, it’s all we got ?

Also the simple fact that a lot of this community is from Reddit, IMO it’s not okay to disable a feature like that without even voting on it.

So if you think disabling negative feedback fixes an issue, you have the burden to prove or at least explain the reasoning.

I for sure dont think it didn’t make YouTube any less of a cesspool to disable downvotes on it…