Agreed, but, moot point.
What use is a gun if you remove the bullets?
What use is a gun if you remove the bullets?
> You can still dislike videos to further personalize and tune your recommendations
Not long ago in history, such a statement would have been totally incomprehensible, I mean completely nonsense. Even linguistically, there's so much baked into this. For starters, that there is an algorithm which which the viewer has a relationship with, and that the viewer wishes to further refine that relationship by expressing preferences. Yet, the interpretation of those preferences (by servers) are held within a black box.
The fact that this is truly a nuanced idea is why it's such a troubled case as a feature for the uneducated masses.
Ok, I'm being disingenuous, that is the Webster definition.
Do you think Google is satisfied that people will readily associate dislikes with metaphorical bullets?
It turns out YouTube didn't see much benefit in providing a way to (metaphorically) shoot content creators. Taking the bullets out seems like a positive step for the community as a whole.
Which is good or bad depending on whether or not you're in possession of functioning moral capacities