“There’s too much hate on social media. We don’t need more”

When YouTube launched, they had ratings. Then they got the Like and Dislike buttons. Even before the pandemic, which saw a rise in viewers and trolls, people online would blindly dislike videos for no reason.

This comes at the cost of a creator’s mental health. It can lead to depression. Our day begins with working for the approval of the audience and having this negativity gone is great. You can dislike a comment, if you want to dislike something.

Dislikes have never mirrored the legitimacy of a video. Theyjust gave trolls something to do. People would make 10 accounts to dislike a creator’s work.

There’s too much hate on social media. We don’t need more. I’m glad YouTube is looking at this and cares about creators. I got a lot of dislikes on a video on vaccination. The comments revealed that people assumed I was hating Indian vaccines. Then there was the video where I announced we knew the gender of our baby as we had gone for Shanice’s 25th week check-up in Dubai. I got flak for gender discrimination. Now people say I want my kid to be born in Canada as that’s how I will get citizenship—which is untrue and anyway, it doesn’t work like that.

Nikhil Sharma aka Mumbiker Nikhil is one of India’s largest vloggers with 3.8million+ subscribers. He has also been featured on an cover last year.

“OUR DAY BEGINS WITH WORKING FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AUDIENCE AND HAVING THIS NEGATIVITY GONE IS GREAT” —NIKHIL SHARMA

“I WOULD RATHER REPORT SOMETHING I DON’T LIKE THAN JUST DISLIKE IT. IT’S TAKING A STRONGER STAND, WHICH IS ALSO CRUCIAL” —SHERRY SHROFF