'Me at the zoo,' first YouTube video, protests dislike removal – 9to5Google

The first YouTube video was uploaded by co-founder Jawed Karim on April 23, 2005. That seminal 18-second “Me at the zoo” clip now contains a protest of YouTube’s decision to no longer show public dislike counts. When every YouTuber agrees that removing dislikes is a stupid idea, it probably is. Try again, YouTube 🤦‍♂️ The change was first spotted on Saturday morning, and was preceded by Karim commenting (via Reddit) on the “Update to YouTube’s Dislike Count” video announcing the change. When the site launched in early 2005, Karim was not officially an employee but rather an informal advisor given that he was “focused on school.” That said, his shares were still worth around $64 million following the Google acquisition. This is not the first time the co-founder criticized a YouTube change using his channel, which is also the first one on the site. In 2013, he was very critical about the need for a Google+ account to comment on videos. Meanwhile, the YouTube description for “Me at the zoo” has been updated several times. At the start, it read: The first video on YouTube, uploaded at 8:27 P.M. on Saturday April 23rd, 2005. The video was shot by Yakov…
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