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29. 11. 2021 - Why does PeerTube even have likes/dislikes?

I don't understand fully how the rating system of PeerTube works. My best assumption is that every instance keeps its own records instead of relying on the video-hosting instance to do so.

This would explain why the introductory video to PeerTube, certainly viewed by a ton of people, received only 30 upvotes on the instance I use. Surely, if the option were there, it would be used.

Though, this quickly begs the question: Why is this even a thing?

Upvotes/Downvotes are not tools that are necessary for a discussion; it works fine without.

I think, much rather, they are a tool to bind people to a platform, to give a feeling of instant gratification for the uploader, and an illusion of participation for the user.

The same arguments used against YouTube's removal of dislikes could be used here: The rating system allows for faulty content to be identified as such. Yet, this is nothing that for example a comment system couldn't solve.

This is why I ask myself, is it really needed? Or is it just carried along because YouTube does it?

27. 11. 2021 - so this is working now

i don't know if i'll ever use it for much, but if i do it's here

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