This Change to the YouTube Experience Is Not Good News

YouTube, the leading video-sharing platform on the Internet, is facing a difficult dilemma. The service is stripping away the power of thumbs-down video ratings in an effort to make YouTube a safer and friendlier place.

The change itself is earning lots of negative reviews from YouTube creators, including co-founder Jawed Karim. Will the backlash force YouTube's hand, restoring the full power of negative user sentiment, or is the change already written in stone?

The update to Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) subsidiary Google's market-leading video service is quite simple. The thumbs-down button isn't going away, but viewers will soon be unable to see how many negative reviews any particular video is getting. The number of thumbs-up ratings will remain as before.

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