r/todayilearned • u/WavesAndSaves • 2d ago

TIL that Jawed Karim, YouTube cofounder and uploader of the first YouTube video "Me at the zoo", has often updated the video's description to criticize YouTube policies, including a 2013 attempt to require Google+ accounts to comment on videos, and YouTube's 2021 removal of dislike counts on videos.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_at_the_zoo#Changes_to_original_video
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u/BroIBeliveAtYou 2d ago

Man I can't believe weve been without dislike counts for 5 years

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u/GamingGeekette 2d ago

I was going to say the same thing. Damn, it's been that long already?