My most disliked recent video

[MT]

Why is it even possible to dislike anything? ISIS chopped heads i dont dislike because its evidence. Whenever a youtuber i bother watch start do some common ranting or else i just increase replay speed to x2 i newer dislike it since its "content providing" despite the rant or even filmed bad with bad sound and shaky camera!

[ataradov]

It may be a useful guidance for the creator. As a creator, it is possible to disable like/dislike buttons, if you don't want to see that stuff.

[schmitt trigger]

No nude Swiss virgins were involved in the process. 

[Brumby]

No nude Swiss virgins were involved in the process. 

Can't argue with you there.

[SparkyFX]

For the actual heat sink video: it shows a new trick for the bag of tricks - for me. I like it.

Since a few days Youtube seems to recommend different than usual, often older videos and some unrelated ones, otoh i started to watch older episodes of channels i subscribed to anyway.

Some channels i watch figured that some dislikes are more or less just about having been recommended this video and viewers think that the use of the dislike button will not show them this or this kind of video again. When i started to watch Youtube i pretty much thought the same (because it differs from a report, and it is the only spot where you can express personal choice regarding which videos you want to watch), just until i understood that creators take this as an opinion on their content.
Or you happen to use a word with a different meaning in a different language which is trending somewhere, getting this out of context.

So there will always be a noise floor.

[JackJones]

Why is it even possible to dislike anything? ISIS chopped heads i dont dislike because its evidence. Whenever a youtuber i bother watch start do some common ranting or else i just increase replay speed to x2 i newer dislike it since its "content providing" despite the rant or even filmed bad with bad sound and shaky camera!

I dislike freebooted videos. That means when someone has taken a video from another channel and reuploaded to theirs (most often with ads, that's kind of the point of that kind of thing, to generate money).

I've often come across interesting videos and wondered why they have so high dislike video. It's useful for identifying that kind of activity. And it's not a niche activity either, freebooted videos are everywhere.

[Whales]

I just came from that video.  I gave up and went to the forum only to discover this topic.

The first several minutes are "watch my other video", with some interesting talk and overlays.  The next few mins were "heatsinks can move heat".  After hearing that the heatsink size was chosen by rule of thumb I felt the video wasn't going anywhere.


Side story: years ago I saw some new books in a library.  They looked flashy and their titles were of interesting topics, but when I opened one up I realised they were shallow web researched writing + random licensed images.  I asked a librarian there about them and was told that the publisher had been aggressively trying to get the library to purchase some and then sign up for more, but they came to the same conclusion I did.

Dave: I sense the publisher/platform/model demands regular content?

[EEVblog]

EDIT: I very rarely press the dislike button because I know that it may possibly affect someones' livelihood (means to get paid).

Dislikes do not affect a creators income or search ranking etc, in fact it improves the ranking because it's all "engagement"

[EEVblog]

Now please, for the love of god, don't get me wrong. I do not mind that at all, but *maybe* others did and disliked because of that.

Yep, that's most likely the reason.

[igendel]

I wasn't going to say anything, but since the topic was raised... yes, I too abandoned this video because it seemed to go on and on with no useful, "actionable" info (while it is a very interesting topic). I didn't Dislike though, it takes much worse than that for a thumbs-down 

[rsjsouza]

IME I see two scenarios for dislikes. In my puny channel I noticed the videos with dislikes are usually followed by comments that evidence frustration - i.e., an unmet expectation. That could be amplified by Youtube's recommendation algorithm.

The other scenario is similar to Aznet: someone commented on a repair video of mine how the objectivity was lacking, which I completely agree and explained in a reply how it is par for the course.

[joeqsmith]

Your Why UNI-T Meters Suck may be your best.   Still a far cry from when I damaged one.   Funny thing was attempting to damage a second one, fails at the same level and ratio changes.   When it comes to UNI-T, a spoon full of sugar.....

[GeorgeOfTheJungle]

Dave I gave it a thumbs up, it was interesting, I liked it. Buuut, I was about to dislike the one about the audio jack of your living room telly (Meh!)...  but didn't.

[wilfred]

Dislikes are meaningless, especially in statistically insignificant amounts.

Clearly Dave doesn't seem to think so.  I rarely like or dislike videos including this one. I watched it but I found it could have been shortened and the information presented no less effectively. I was mostly watching to observe the PCB details that I presume will form the new power supply project.

It now seems to have a custom LCD, heatsink and I am assuming a custom case. I'll be looking to see if that is the case.

I am thinking if a different custom case might have permitted standard off the shelf heatsinking or if a different custom heatsink might have permitted a standard case. And whether the fully custom approach offers compelling benefits in the final design. I imagine many buyers will be attracted to a sexy design appearance. Plus it will make copying harder.

[Brumby]

I imagine many buyers will be attracted to a sexy design appearance. Plus it will make copying harder.

I agree on both counts.

Even if someone does copy the function, unless they go the extra mile and copy the form (which might be an expense they would want to avoid) the resultant product will clearly be identifiable as not an original.  I know some people might be OK with that, but that's life and I'm sure Dave has a handle on reality.

[EEVblog]

Your Why UNI-T Meters Suck may be your best.   Still a far cry from when I damaged one.   Funny thing was attempting to damage a second one, fails at the same level and ratio changes.   When it comes to UNI-T, a spoon full of sugar.....

Wow, they really didn't like your Uni-T review...

[EEVblog]

Dave I gave it a thumbs up, it was interesting, I liked it. Buuut, I was about to dislike the one about the audio jack of your living room telly (Meh!)...  but didn't.

That's the thing, although my heatsink video actually didn't have much technical content, I thought the TV repair video was pretty lame, literally resoldering a connector.

[EEVblog]

Dislikes are meaningless, especially in statistically insignificant amounts.

Clearly Dave doesn't seem to think so.

They aren't meaningless, but it's true they don't convey much real info in the scheme of things. As the content creator I get to see more subtle trends than the public figures and/or what the historical stats can provide, and I just find it interesting as I'm sure other content creators would.
In this case I think Arznei has guessed it right. Creators often don't see this kind of thing because they usually don't try and watch and "digest" their own content, so often a creator sees a video differently to what the majority of the audience see it.

[tpowell1830]

EDIT: I very rarely press the dislike button because I know that it may possibly affect someones' livelihood (means to get paid).

Dislikes do not affect a creators income or search ranking etc, in fact it improves the ranking because it's all "engagement"

If this is the case, then my next statement is still in effect, in my case "Who am I to judge whether it is a good or bad video, we all have our own personal inner judges.". If you think it is good for you either way, then why start a post worrying about the dislikes?

[TheNewLab]

It clearly depends on video versus who is watching. EEVblog channel most likely have broad audience - from beginners to hardcore professionals. Some advanced video may get "dislikes" from beginners, some snobs may rate production quality instead of contents and so on...

Yes, many reasons. I know a couple of viewers who said they dislike every time I include a "clickbait" thumbnail, which means any thumbnail with text on it 

Dave, we have already spoke about this. As I said, I get it..only this feature is new, and need to give it time to see how effective it is...but giving a "dislike" just make no sense.

It's also spring break in the states...so total numbers may reflect the ratio. for me what I sell, have been slow, even services..this is typical..It usually jumps after April15th..Don't know if or how it affects YouTube views.

Also for me I  tend to batch watch YouTube channels i follow, Right now I'm way behind..again, don't know how that affects numbers..

Maybe just give it more time..

[boffin]

Well that's interesting. Of the last 4 videos, the one with the greatest dislike ratio is the heat sink design video. The video that is arguably the most on-topic for electronics design.

That's only because Bob Roohparvar  hasn't found a way to make 800% more efficient heatsinks.

[TheNewLab]

just watched it. I do only oneseys and twosey prototype..Usually to modify some existing peice of equipment. That said

I liked it. gave me idea of chopping up a standard salvaged heatsink to fit or go around a through hole component as mentioned in your comments. Do an AVe style chop grinder,  a little Dremel polishing, and if black, a little auto hi temp paint on spots.
Does using Auto hi-temp paint block the cooling effectiveness on a heat sink? not where the chip would go...just along the cut edge??

[Brumby]

That's only because Bob Roohparvar  hasn't found a way to make 800% more efficient heatsinks.

You had to go there...

[Zbig]

I think at least some of the dislikes might come from "PC gamer community". It's possible that due to its topic and title the video popped up on many PC components enthusiasts' feeds and they got angry it's not about "modding" a heatsink on their latest NVidia GeForce Whatnot or Radeon Somethingorother in order to squeeze two or three additional frames per second in their favorite game of choice.