YouTube Co-Founder Jawed Karim Opposes Hiding Public Dislike Button

Jawed Karim, the co-founder of YouTube, has opposed the platform's decision to hide the public dislike button from videos.

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New Delhi: Jawed Karim, the co-founder of YouTube, has opposed the platform's decision to hide the public dislike button from videos. He expressed his displeasure by changing the description of Me at the Zoo that was the first video posted to YouTube, in April 2005, the media has reported.

The changed description of the video says: "The ability to easily and quickly identify bad content is an essential feature of a user-generated content platform. Why? Because not all user-generated content is good. It can't be. In fact, most of it is not good. And that's OK."

This comes after Google-owned YouTube announced that the count to dislike button will no longer be visible to the viewers. However, the creators can view the dislike counts in YouTube Studio.

"We are making the dislike counts private across YouTube, but the dislike button is not going away. This change will start gradually rolling out today," YouTube had said in a statement.

With this, YouTube is trying to create an inclusive and respectful environment where creators have the opportunity to succeed and feel safe to express themselves. This is just one of many steps the brand is taking to continue to protect creators from harassment.

YouTube has also started rolling out a redesignated "New to you" tab on its platform to enable users to explore content that is not a part of usual recommendations that show up on the home feed. The new tab is available on the YouTube homepage across mobile, desktop and TV devices.