Seems to be a visibility-only change to a small cohort of users.
Tangentially, I've often wanted a third button, call it "disinterested".
This would just tell YouTube not to recommend more of the same for me, without adjusting the ratio of votes up or down.
There are many videos I don't actively dislike (I might not have any strong feelings) I just don't want YouTube to recommend more cats with laugh tracks after I click a some link in our #random Slack channel.
Youtube does have a somewhat-hidden "Not Interested" option - on the homepage, when looking at recommendations, under the three-dots kebab menu. It also has a "Don't recommend channel" option there too, which I aggressively use to remove content I don't want, like the compilation clip content farms.
It's weird, because they actually have a "Not interested" option in the dropdown menu when you're browsing, but there's no way to click it for a video you're actually watching.
Tangentially, I've often wanted a third button, call it "disinterested".
This would just tell YouTube not to recommend more of the same for me, without adjusting the ratio of votes up or down.
There are many videos I don't actively dislike (I might not have any strong feelings) I just don't want YouTube to recommend more cats with laugh tracks after I click a some link in our #random Slack channel.