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Like I mentioned somewhere else, for recommended videos I see two binary paradigms

- videos with >95% like ratios

- political videos that have obviously been brigaded

Assuming most normies don’t have great engagement rates with the like/dislike button based on view count, this change is doing the vast majority a service.

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If it is easy to believe some videos get a natural >95% rating; isn't it just as likely some content would evoke a <5% rating without 'brigading'? I am not saying that this doesn't sometimes occur, but I also don't believe it's the only case.

Agreed, people made the same argument for removing 5 star ratings from Netflix ('people only ever vote 1 star or 5 stars'). If this were an input for the decision making, these platforms could very easily present that evidence.

I do miss the Netflix of years gone past.

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