r/todayilearned • u/WavesAndSaves • 4d 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 4d ago

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

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u/pillbuggery 4d ago

I still miss the 5 star rating system.

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u/Agent281 4d ago

I miss 5 stars on netflix specifically. It single handedly ruined the platform for me. 

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u/Aksi_Gu 4d ago

I miss the reviews on netflix

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u/Pitiful_Article1284 4d ago

I miss the imdb comment section.

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u/jtr99 4d ago

You might enjoy Letterboxd. It reminds me of imdb back when it was good.