{"id":1652,"date":"2022-01-15T15:08:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T15:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/15\/how-to-see-dislikes-on-youtube-again\/"},"modified":"2022-01-15T15:08:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T15:08:17","slug":"how-to-see-dislikes-on-youtube-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/01\/15\/how-to-see-dislikes-on-youtube-again\/","title":{"rendered":"How to See Dislikes on YouTube Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

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YouTube no longer allows you to see dislikes on videos, which can be important information in determining whether or not a video is trustworthy or accurate. Though it comes with some caveats, you can restore dislikes with a browser extension.<\/p>\n

Restore YouTube Dislikes With a Browser Extension<\/h2>\n

You can restore dislikes on YouTube in just a few clicks with a browser extension imaginatively called Return YouTube Dislike<\/a>. Currently, the extension can be installed on Firefox<\/a>, Chrome<\/a>, Microsoft Edge<\/a>, Opera<\/a>, and Brave<\/a> as a native application.<\/p>\n

Firefox and Chrome use their own native versions of the app, while the other listed browsers are all compatible with the Chrome version. Some browsers like Edge may require that you allow extensions from other stores<\/a> before you can do this.<\/p>\n

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If you use another browser then all hope is not lost. There\u2019s a userscript<\/a> available for the Tampermonkey add-on, which should allow the extension to work in the desktop version of Safari. You can also install an iOS tweak<\/a> for jailbroken devices<\/a> if you happen to use one of those.<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve installed the extension on your browser of choice, simply head to a YouTube video to see the like-to-dislike ratio.<\/p>\n

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Not a Completely Accurate Tally of Dislikes<\/h2>\n

The extension works using a combination of cached data that was grabbed before YouTube disabled access to the dislike function in its API, and extrapolated user behavior. This means that the number of dislikes on any given video will not be correct, but the ratio should be somewhat accurate.<\/p>\n

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Everyone who uses the extension contributes data to help determine the ratio, which means that the extension author is gathering information about the videos you watch. Only content creators can see the \u201ctrue\u201d number of likes and dislikes their videos receive, and there are plans to allow creators to share this information with the extension in the future.<\/p>\n

How accurate much of this data remains over the long term depends on how many people use and contribute their data. Tech YouTube channel LinusTechTips compared<\/a> its own counts with counts supplied by the extension and found that they were mostly accurate.<\/p>\n

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