We actually retired the dislike button from Shorts to give you clearer, more effective control over your recommendations.
Our research showed it overlapped with tools like "Not interested" and "Don’t recommend this channel". Streamlining these options removes that ambiguity so
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Youtube began the process of removing dislikes following Rewind 2018's 20M dislike count. The current method of selecting "Not interested" requires a higher number of clicks, which discourages people from providing negative feedback on content
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