YouTube co-founder gives thumbs-down to hiding 'dislike' count – RT

Jawed Karim has joined the chorus of criticism against the YouTube platform that he helped create, blasting the company’s “stupid idea” of blocking users from down-voting videos. Karim made his feelings about the controversial move known by adding a comment in the description of the first video ever uploaded to YouTube, which he originally posted in April 2005. “When every YouTuber agrees that removing dislikes is a stupid idea, it probably is,” the YouTube co-founder said. “Try again, YouTube.” The dig was accompanied by a facepalm emoji. It came after the platform last week said it would begin hiding the thumbs-down count on all videos from public view, citing unfair “dislike attacks” meant to harass creators. Critics accused the company of trying to hide public dissent, particularly on such posts as the deeply unpopular videos uploaded by the White House.Karim’s reaction was an ironic twist – not only coming from one of the company’s creators, but also being written on an historic video that marked YouTube’s public debut. His 18-second video entitled ‘Me at the zoo’ has been viewed more than 202 million times.The East German-born software engineer reportedly got about $65 million for his stake in the video-sharing site…
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