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		_v7gu on May 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No Dislikes has officially ruined YouTube for me Emotionally, I really get it. We feel positive towards positive thoughts and vice versa for negative ones. But in the context of information, a "recommender" that recommends everything is equivalent to one that recommends nothing: both are worthless (ie can't provide any new information)

heleninboodler on May 10, 2022 [–]

Yeah, I think you get zero information from someone who only upvotes or only downvotes, whereas you get some signal from people in the center.

qwerpy on May 10, 2022 | [–]

Counterpoint: highly partisan voters who upvote anything from their team and downvote anything from the other, regardless of quality.

heleninboodler on May 10, 2022 | | [–]

Accepted.

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