Does disabling ratings make you look bad?

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I don't mind thumb gnomes, and am not upset or offended by them. Everyone has them, as we know.

But I have noticed that the thumbs always appear at particular times. Usually after a disagreement with someone, however calm, however heated. Not always, sometimes they just pop up genuinely, but once in a while I'll get thumbs down on a whole batch all at once. This will continue for a while and then I'll usually lose a sub and this will stop.

The more views and subs I'm getting, I'm noticing the more thumbs down I am getting. I know my vids are generally good (or I'd have a lot less likes), but there's a whole tirade against female gamers on YouTube which means that just by being on there I am 'asking for it'.

I mean thanks for the view and all but.... well, f*ck off if you're not actually gonna watch the vid, you know?

Anyway. IS it a bad idea to disable ratings? I'm not overly fussed about thumbs. It's views, comments and my subs that matter to me. But I worry because usually the videos that have ratings disabled are usually really, really disliked and may automatically make people think 'well this must be rubbish'.

TL:DR - I'm rambling. But, is disabling ratings a good/bad idea? What are your thoughts?
 
I disable my rating on all of my videos, I've had losers rate my videos down out of spite. So I disable the ratings to annoy the living hell out of them. :roflmao2:

It's each to their own at the end of the day.
 
DeadlyTeaParty said:
I disable my rating on all of my videos, I've had losers rate my videos down out of spite. So I disable the ratings to annoy the living hell out of the. :roflmao2:

It's each to their own at the end of the day.
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Have you noticed any negative feedback as a result of this? Such as loss of views or subscribers? I am very tempted to do it. I mean I get way, way more likes than I do dislikes (like hundreds more) but I really do get tired of childish behaviour where, as you say, people do it out of spite or jealousy.
 
imo nah :) disabling ratings wouldnt have a good impact on your vids i mean if people were to stumble across them and say why doesnt this have ratings? and be curious. well it really comes and goes people really cant do anything better than just troll around. especially female commentators ive noticed this that most of them get quite a few hates in particular i have no idea why, what is it that you are doing wrong to get those kinds of reactions and thumbs downs, those things. well as i was saying if you were to turn them off in my opinion means that you lost. you gave in into the trolls, show them you can handle a few hits. and in the end laugh about it cause the more hate you get means you're going somewhere
 
Frankie Turner said:
Have you noticed any negative feedback as a result of this? Such as loss of views or subscribers? I am very tempted to do it. I mean I get way, way more likes than I do dislikes (like hundreds more) but I really do get tired of childish behaviour where, as you say, people do it out of spite or jealousy.
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No, there's no ill effects of disabling your ratings, things don't change. Your viewers may wonder why the ratings are disabled. But just explain to them and they'll understand. Because if I get one of my viewers asking me why the ratings are disabled, I just tell them and they're OK with it. :D
 
TheAsasaint said:
imo nah :) disabling ratings wouldnt have a good impact on your vids i mean if people were to stumble across them and say why doesnt this have ratings? and be curious. well it really comes and goes people really cant do anything better than just troll around. especially female commentators ive noticed this that most of them get quite a few hates in particular i have no idea why, what is it that you are doing wrong to get those kinds of reactions and thumbs downs, those things. well as i was saying if you were to turn them off in my opinion means that you lost. you gave in into the trolls, show them you can handle a few hits. and in the end laugh about it cause the more hate you get means you're going somewhere
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See that's what I'm thinking. It's instantly going to make people think a) my videos are so rubbish I had to disable ratings and b) it's letting them 'get to me' and therefore win.

I mean the thumbs down hasn't been drastic. Just a couple here and there. But I can see this growing in future. People are very jealous and petty sometimes.

I just wish there are a limit on it. Like, you have to watch at least 25% of a video in order to rate at all, or something.
 
When I see someone with disabled ratings I usually always click away, assuming they disabled ratings because the video is terrible and they were getting downvoted for it.
 
well i dunno if it's like this for everyone but when i watch videos i'll be like "ah crap the dislikes on this video is high must not be legit" but thats mostly with walkthroughs or something like that. so if others think like i do yes i can make your video seem more un appealing but i stil lwatch the video to Judge it for my self that i can assume you alot of other people won't do. it's really up to you if you want to disable ratings but if you don't mind then just tell em "excuse me sir can i have another" lol
 
Frankie Turner said:
I just wish there are a limit on it. Like, you have to watch at least 25% of a video in order to rate at all, or something.
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i hope so aswell! i hope youtube understands this, watch the video at least 25% then make them have a rating for it. i mean people can just walk in and rate it down! with out even watching the whole thing
 
If it is something that is upsetting you. Then disable it. Like the saying that says "what you don't know doesn't hurt"
I personally don't have a problem with my ratings so I keep them abled.
 
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