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Not that I'm keeping track but the number of "Dislikes" on a youtube video of mine went down.

I thought Likes and Dislikes were like your age -- they only go up.

(Can you un-like or un-dislike stuff?? Just wondering....)

Yes.

How about that!

I had actually tried a little 'experiment' to see if that's so. I went and "Liked" a random video (didn't want to do a "Dislike," even for scientific purposes) and then looked to see if I could undo it -- and I didn't see that I could.

You should be able to undo the "dislike". I think if you "like" or "dislike" a video it saves the information of who voted and you can go back and change your vote.

Interesting....because I haven't gotten a "dislike" in a real long time. I wouldn't have thought that someone who "disliked" something a year ago (or whatever) would care enough to come back and un-dislike it.

Just goes to show, you never can tell about anything.

I don't know because I don't have an account so I cannot experiment, but it could be that a dislike disappears also when somebody closes their YouTube account?

Never mind.....the old number of Dislikes is back.

If you would really like to be disliked, I would like to dislike you.

(Not really, of course. I just like to dislike everyone, whether I like them or not!)

.... or has it closed for them by YouTube.

Here's the method: Click on your username (which is found at the right top of YouTube), then click on "Video Manager", and then on "Likes". A list of videos will appear, and you can delete them there (in other words, remove your likes).

YouTube has no such list for disliked videos (as far as I know), so you have to visit the video in question, click on the "I like this" button, and then use the method described in the above paragraph.

Wow, pretty elaborate. I wouldn't think anyone would bother.

BTW, somehow and for whatever reason, the "Dislikes" are back to the lowered number.

If I click dislike a video, I can still later click "like." Dislike will go down one and like will go up one.

Yup -- that's it. (Thanks!) Must be what it was.
I tried it on a random video, and it worked.

Yes but can you return it to the original "no opinion"?

Not that I know of.

Well here's something I think I know of: Looks like this thread has gotten me a couple more 'Dislikes.'

And I can't blame them.

My fans on the site are really coming through!
5 extra "Dislikes" now.

(I knew this thread would be a mistake....)

I've been toggling back and forth just for fun.

Don't worry -- you must have some company.

I wasn't worried.