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minus-squareBeegYoshi@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoActually it’s worse than nothing. Youtube promotes comments based on engagement, so while only an upvote increases the tally, voting at all still makes it more visible.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYoutube promoting controversial comments: https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbmU2cHZwN3U0NXl4MXhhYXE5Y2c5bzJvZDJqYTVjdmphYmQ4aDhyOCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/KDVswimTNahWzcd7sV/giphy.gif
Actually it’s worse than nothing. Youtube promotes comments based on engagement, so while only an upvote increases the tally, voting at all still makes it more visible.
Youtube promoting controversial comments: https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbmU2cHZwN3U0NXl4MXhhYXE5Y2c5bzJvZDJqYTVjdmphYmQ4aDhyOCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/KDVswimTNahWzcd7sV/giphy.gif