Yes it is Spiteful of Google to shove the like button down our throats and remove any traces of healthy discourse from the platform.
The dislike button never represented healthy discourse. At its very best, it was a coarse indication that neither suggested nor invited further clarity. Good riddance.
Yeah, an echo chamber is much better. They should get rid of red lights too. They don't really offer any further clarity. Let's just have only green lights (no light at all means stop, of course) /s
> At its very best, it was a coarse indication that neither suggested nor invited further clarity.
The same could be said about Likes, viewcount and comments.
IMO user-based metrics are a good thing (even if they can be gamed), the more the better.