Tracking YouTube's manipulation of the White House channel's dislikes (81m.org)

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Possibly as simple as they are removing Bot accounts?

Especially given the political nature of the channel, it's far more likely it's just about removing bots and spammers than a nefarious conspiracy. Besides, I'm surprised anyone cares about YouTube likes and dislikes, especially as a real measure of popularity.

ainiriand 5y ago ↗

How is that manipulation? It also goes the other way, if you try to manipulate view counts with bot accounts for upvotes those votes will get deleted.