I don’t mind giving a site a “like” if I feel they have improved my knowledge on a topic or else have been entertaining but I don’t hand them out like lolly water if I find the opposite. I definitely don’t like it when the author takes five minutes to get to the topic which was the reason I clicked on the link in the first place. They won’t get a like or my repeat business.

I used to like the old YouTube “thumbs down” so that you could see what other people thought of the content before you even started but of course Google had to put a stop to that.

I tend to just have my tried and trusted sites that I attend and view regularly and in-between now and then go to a new channel if something catches my eye. I subscribe to all the sites I visit regularly because no doubt a “like” and a “subscribe” helps the content owner get rewarded financially and promoted to others. One thing I ensure I do is that my watching history is officially recorded by Google and I religiously clean my browser and any cookies and other trackers (not already caught by uBlock Origin in daily browsing) with Privazer Pro every night when I close the PC down to avoid any “paranormal attachments” following me around on my next session.

Cheers
Reg