Try to look for a very rare guide on how to fix something and you will be surprised.
The dislike button was crucial to give feedback to other users. Now instead looking at the like-dislike ratio, you need to lurk around the comments or even worse - waste your time watching unhelpful/wrong/meme guide
Did dislikes on youtube ever do anything though?
yes, they told you if a video was low quality or misinfo
Also, we laughed at terrible movie trailers, but that was probably the reason that they took away downvotes.
Try to look for a very rare guide on how to fix something and you will be surprised. The dislike button was crucial to give feedback to other users. Now instead looking at the like-dislike ratio, you need to lurk around the comments or even worse - waste your time watching unhelpful/wrong/meme guide