YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim has reacted to the video streaming platform’s adjustments to the hate possibility, saying it is “a stupid idea”. YouTube just lately introduced that it’ll cease exhibiting dislike counts on all movies hosted on its platform to guard creators from harassment and focused assaults. But the choice has not gone down properly with many YouTube customers, together with some video creators. To present his disapproval, Karim up to date the outline of the first-ever video uploaded on YouTube — “Me At The Zoo”.

“When every YouTuber agrees that removing dislikes is a stupid idea, it probably is. Try again, YouTube,” he wrote within the description. Besides being the co-founder of YouTube, he’s additionally the primary individual to add a video to the positioning, which is the “Me At The Zoo” video. Later, YouTube was bought to Google.

Karim additionally commented on the video YouTube shared detailing its transfer to cover the hate rely. Matt Koval, the Creator Liaison of YouTube, defined to viewers what the transfer would imply. Koval says the hate possibility allowed creators to know whether or not the video was good or not however, sadly, analysis groups discovered that teams of viewers have been focusing on a creator, often as a result of they do not just like the creator.

“Matt doesn’t look excited because he knows it’s the wrong decision,” Karim mentioned.

Ironically, the Matt Koval video has obtained 139,000 dislike counts in opposition to simply 14,000 likes. Critics typically cite the general public rely of likes — or dislikes — on a video submit to counsel it’s dangerous. Facebook and Instagram have allowed customers to take away the choice. After the current transfer by YouTube, customers will nonetheless have the ability to click on on the “dislike” button beneath a clip however the creators will not see the destructive assessment rely.

YouTube has asserted the change will shield small creators who’re focused by dislike assaults. It mentioned it desires to advertise “respectful interactions between viewers and creators”. YouTube’s analysis has proven that making the hate rely personal would lead to a discount of harassment of creators.