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I actually can't believe some people are defending youtube on this.

• shadowgovt 5y ago
  Why not? They have a hell of a lot more experience running a video sharing and networking service than most folks do.
  • willis936 5y ago
    And that somehow means they are making decisions optimal for users or society, contrary to their behavior history?
    • shadowgovt 5y ago
      It means they're more likely to have the resources and data to think decisions like this through. Especially given that I've seen other social networks take a similar course, I trust Google's analysis of the effect of visible vs. invisible dislike counts over the ad-hoc common sense of the uninvested technorati.
      • thizzbuzz 5y ago
        And that makes you naive. Did you ever consider that their interests and the interests of their users are not aligned?
• johnisgood 5y ago
  Sometimes I tend to hold some controversial beliefs temporarily for the sake of arguing. It helps to keep an open mind.