Commotion: YouTube's "Dislike" Count

YouTube’s official Twitter announced on March 30th that they are “testing a few new designs that don’t show the public dislike count.” A part of this new design will remove the amount of dislikes publicly shown, but creators will still be able to view them. 

This is not the first time that the idea of hiding dislikes has been floated. In mid-2019, rumors circulated that YouTube might be implementing a change to the dislike system, but it was only recently that the platform officially announced they would be testing these waters.