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> Downvotes prevent unpopular things that have a fervent user-base from sitting on top

It's the definition of an echo chamber, isn't it ?




No, because in the youtube case it doesn’t actually suppress it. It was an extra bit of information that you could use to determine if a video was likely misleading.


YouTube is, at all times, pro-echo chamber. So this is not their motive.


If it is, an echo chamber isn't always a bad thing.




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