Comment on YouTube is testing hiding the dislike button entirely and users aren’t happy

Davel23@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A/B testing. Big tech like Google likes to roll out (often experimental) changes to a select number of random people and measure how their behavior changes compared to others that get the existing experience. In other words, you’re a lab rat.

  I’ve had this happen to me countless times, perhaps because I used to write lengthy and in-depth feedback (until I thought they should pay me for this and stopped).

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  • eah@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They also do it to lessen the outrage that might be more likely to happen than if they rolled out the change all at once.

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