Getting dislikes but no negative comments

I'll often shut a video in seconds if the dislikes are overwhelmingly high. This is not good for your watch time.
As much as i see your point, i would never with remove a video from my audience. I will never regret an upload, rather try and improve it. I did actually try this with the latest vid. In the beginning i got dislikes ((2) 3 likes), but i realized my title was slighty misleading, and since i changed it (and got 200+ views compared to the 100 where i got the dislikes), i havn't got a single dislike.
I'm not trying to say what you are doing, is wrong. I wouldn't know. I guess we approach it a tiny bit different doe. Thanks for your answer!
 
Likes and dislikes is probably one of the worst pieces of metadata to even bother looking at. You can't interact with it, you can't affect it directly, and it isn't an accurate indication of the success or failure of a piece of content.

As others have said, just ignore it. Even if you get a video with a lot more dislikes than likes, I really doubt most viewers look at that stuff prior to actually listening/watching a video.
 
Yup entirely useless metadata (for the most part). End of the day they are interactions with your video. I would love youtube to implement a better feedback system, where people can choose from a list of things they didn't like.
 
Even if you get a video with a lot more dislikes than likes, I really doubt most viewers look at that stuff prior to actually listening/watching a video.
As i'm watching a video, i'm only looking at it before the vid ends, if the video seems a bit "off". So wise words. I don't think i'll pay that much attention to it anymore. Other than as said before, i will try at see if its the thumnail or title i messed up on. I'm still there, where i can do something, where i afterwards clearly can see i made a mistake. Like naming the title something wrong, or creating an idea that the video is something else with the thumbnail. TY so much for your input!!

Dude, your vids are good. F*** 'em!
:pompus:
Now i know who to go to, if i need to kick hater butt :ninja2:

It is the same thing with me, I get dislikes without a negative comment. As said, ignore them!
Yeah. It's like the haters start now, to make sure you know you'll always have them. Haha

Yup entirely useless metadata (for the most part). End of the day they are interactions with your video. I would love youtube to implement a better feedback system, where people can choose from a list of things they didn't like.
Yeah exactly. They could do a force-comment system. But i guess they want it to be anonymous?
 
Well lets talk about what's actually probably happening here. First off, when it comes to gaming , especially when playing a competitive game, the competitiveness continues out of the game and into the videos. If someone so much as just thinks they play better than you, or you made a decision different to what they think you should of made in a clip, they will dislike, because this is the kind of person you see in game that calls everyone ''noob'' or ''bad'',and probably has homework they should be doing. But they think you are not qualified to be playing the game unless you play it perfectly or they might even think that you yourself think you're ''pro'' for uploading a montage etc.

Alot of that behavior comes from kids. They're the ones that care way too much about the raw stats, numbers, reputations,criticisms,collective forum opinions on who is best, and how badass and cool they need to look with their public image.

we could say ignore it since its just 1 thumbs down and the ''interaction helps'', but the reality is:

The thumbs down shouldn't bother you after knowing where its coming from,
it should bother you because the interaction of 1 thumbs down doesn't help enough in relation to the possible cut in view time you may receive from later spectators now assuming the video is bad, and clicking off for a better reviewed option after seeing the rating.

Being a small channel is hard.
People like that get excited when their single interaction leaves a noticeable mark.
But you gotta do what you gotta do and it helps to be able to view and critique the quality of your work to see if something truly went wrong,

or if your work was legit and it was just a hater trying to ruin your day.
 
Alot of that behavior comes from kids.
Word. But i'm still sure i can make my content better. But in this case. Nothing is misleading. I don't try and blow it up to something, just showing a journey. The thing i can think of, that could give dislikes, is the length of the vid doe. But i'll work with that on the next vid.

the possible cut in view time you may receive from later spectators now assuming the video is bad, and clicking off for a better reviewed option after seeing the rating.
I'm not even sure i want subscribers/viewers, who doesn't watch the full vid, before they turn arround on their heels. If you know what i mean. I actually think about making a curve on my vids, so that they get more interesting towards the end. So if it's the clicky type of person, it wouldn't bother me if they moved on. As it is right now.

Being a small channel is hard.
This can't be stressed enough. Nobody gets to subs while sleeping. This is literally a grind. One of the harder ones i've tried.
ALOT of thanks for your words. You really took your time and wrote a bunch that made me think. I truly appreciate you for doing this. Respect brother :thumbsup2: May your channel grow forever.
 
As much as i see your point, i would never with remove a video from my audience. I will never regret an upload, rather try and improve it. I did actually try this with the latest vid. In the beginning i got dislikes ((2) 3 likes), but i realized my title was slighty misleading, and since i changed it (and got 200+ views compared to the 100 where i got the dislikes), i havn't got a single dislike.
I'm not trying to say what you are doing, is wrong. I wouldn't know. I guess we approach it a tiny bit different doe. Thanks for your answer!

I think you misunderstood me, so I'll apologize. When I said I'll shut a video down if it gets too much dislikes, I mean as a viewer I would close the video. As a Youtuber, if I got that many dislikes I'd seriously assess my videos and try to figure out what's causing it
 
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