YouTube’s ‘Dislike’ Button Doesn’t Do What You Think Users try to control the video platform’s algorithm by giving content a thumbs-down, but Mozilla researchers say it’s not so simple ...

The dislike button itself still remains intact (and, if you negatively react to a piece of content, it will affect your future recommendations), but you cannot see how many other people have used it.

A study from 2022 showed that YouTube's dislike button wasn't entirely effective in preventing unwanted content from showing up. Instagram is reportedly working on a feature that its users may ...

YouTube dislike button. YouTube is among one of the streaming services and social network platforms that has a dislike function for its videos, unlike Twitch which does not have it for its content ...

The way it’s supposed to work is that users have several tools to teach YouTube’s enigmatic algorithm what they don’t want to watch. You have options like the Dislike button, the Don’t ...

A Mozilla study found that YouTube’s “dislike” button was ineffective against bad recommendations. The best official solution was to choose “don’t recommend channel.” However, even ...

This isn't the first time that YouTube has attempted to change the dislike button on its platform either. A couple of years ago, YouTube attempted to remove it completely to curb misuse of it, a ...

YouTube’s in-app controls such as the “dislike” button, are largely ineffective as a tool for controlling recommendations, according to new research from Mozilla.

YouTube’s dislike button has little impact on the videos that the platform recommends to users, according to a study released Tuesday. Researchers from the Mozilla Foundation, an international ...