It should be noted that this does not mean that the dislike button itself in the new interface will disappear. It will be, and can still be clicked on, but some users may not be able to see the number of negative marks. At the same time, video creators will still be able to view the exact number of likes and dislikes in YouTube Studio. The company also noted that testing of the new option was provoked by the requests of the authors of the videos themselves. So, they noted that users sometimes deliberately “attack” videos with negative marks.

Information on how exactly the company will select users to participate in the experiment is not disclosed.