I'm Just Curious
@teamfreak16 (43642)
Denver, Colorado
December 10, 2016 11:48pm CST
I've been wondering about this for awhile now (yes, I have nothing better to do.) I listen to a lot of music on You Tube, whether it's on my own, music someone posts here on MyLot, or during one of my girlfriend and I's music wars.
You Tube allows you, via a thumbs up or down, to "like" or "dislike" a video.
Yet hardly anyone seems to utilize the feature.
On a whim, I pulled up "When October Goes" by Barry Manilow (which I think is a great song.) 505, 478 people have viewed it, yet it's gotten only somewhere between 1-2 thousand likes, and 40 dislikes.
Why so few?
It's there, why not use it?
I never ask questions in my discussions here, but I'm honestly curious. Do you click one or the other while watching or listening?
If not, why?
A picture video of Autumn colors and scenes set to the music of Barry Manilow singing "When October Goes"
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8 responses
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
11 Dec 16
I listen to Pandora and I use the thumbs up / down feature but on YouTube (not so much). Even if I watch Videos (not music related) I don't use it either.
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@teamfreak16 (43642)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Dec 16
I understand Pandora because it works a bit differently. I was just curious.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
11 Dec 16
@teamfreak16 Yep ;) With pandora I don't have to hear the dislike songs again
YouTube I don't often go there for music ;)
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
11 Dec 16
Pandora isnt available in my country as if now. 
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
25 Dec 16
not normally.voting systems are kind of pointless on the internet.there's always people who run around disliking stuff just to be jerks.for every true vote on youtube there's probably 10 of the other.
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@teamfreak16 (43642)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Dec 16
I never thought of it as voting, rather I look at it as showing support. I guess it is voting, in a way.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Dec 16
I never think about it.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
11 Dec 16
Really nice song. I very seldom use the like or dislike unless it is a song that I really like or dislike. There has to be something that really stands out in the song to make me use them.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
16 Dec 16
That's a good question. I wonder about the people who mark things thumbs down -- why rate it thumbs down if you're watching it? Why watch if you don't like it?
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@teamfreak16 (43642)
• Denver, Colorado
16 Dec 16
Exactly. Why watch or listen if you don't like it?
@spaceseed (2843)
• India
11 Dec 16
Initially it takes time to understand what like and dislike means. I also have been using youtube for long time. but started now using like and dislike just six months back.
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@teamfreak16 (43642)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Dec 16
I wonder if a lot of people don't notice it for awhile.
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
11 Dec 16
I often do press the likes feature and sometimes add comments tthere too
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@silvermist (19701)
• India
11 Dec 16
@teamfreak16 You know no one can like/dislike without logging in.May be that is the reason.By the way I too like that song.For me October is a sad Month.
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@teamfreak16 (43642)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Dec 16
Well, actually, I've been logged in so long i'd kind of forgotten about that.
