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Why -Karma on videos?

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Kevin_Bang
Posts: 199 - Karma: 2,837
just felt as though this should be out here on ns.. why do kids dislike videos? personal reasons? pissed they suck themselves? I think it would be cool if before the dislike was counted, you had to leave a comment and next to the comment a small mark indicating a dislike. In my opinion, no videos should have dislikes unless it was a complete waste of time, not skiing related, etc. Kids disliking good ski videos for whatever reason, would stand out in the comments, and get a taste of their own hate in return. Also would be great feedback... you didn't like it? well what didn't you like? the music, the skiing, the editing?
Apr 21 2014 3:10PM
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Drail
Posts: 14012 - Karma: 10,011
Welcome to the internet. 'It' was born from unwarranted, anonymous hate. Well, that and porn. It's best to not ask why, because the answer most likely doesn't exist.
Apr 21 2014 3:17PM
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.AR6rider.
Posts: 15976 - Karma: 8,799
People downvote videos simply because of threads like this. Look at how butthurt you are over a little number/red bar. You have given them what they want.
Apr 22 2014 10:54AM
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Mr.Bishop
Posts: 22708 - Karma: 76,635
The main thing is that you can't expect everyone to like everything. If you live in a world where only positivity was allowed, everything would suck. The bottom line is that people might not like something for a variety of subjective reasons and that is perfectly OK.

Our system is built to offer a crowd-based curation process. Without the ability to downvote something you don't like, we aren't able to do such a good job of calculating the correct 'score' for that video.

What is important to realize is that the algorithm behind the scenes takes this into account. Couple of downvotes won't kill a video at all, its compensated for in the bigger scheme of things.

People always blame the internet for 'hate' but the truth of the matter is that its humans in general that have differing opinions, and when you get to hear those different opinions it can hurt. Its very hard to look past one downvote that hurts to see 99 upvotes that make up the rest.

The reason that a great deal of facebook is filled with crazy stupid garbage in my mind is their lack of a downvote button. Stuff only gets liked, and not held down by those who might catch nuances to what is wrong.
Apr 22 2014 6:41PM
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.Hugo.
Posts: 17360 - Karma: 28,488
I think at least the uploader should be able to see who downvoted their video/picture. That might cut back on the blind hate and downvoting for no reason at all
Apr 22 2014 8:53PM
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