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YouTube is experimenting with Notes, a crowdsourced feature that lets users add context to videos (techcrunch.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because it is quite accurate

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And you're basing that conclusion on...?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Creators can view their like and dislike percentage, and around when the extension came about, many large youtubers were able to confirm the accuracy of the guesstimate that the extension gives you (on new content after the dislike indicator was removed). There are enough users and historical data to make the calculations reeeeally close.