Thank you for your analysis on the view aspect of the YouTube videos, but my point is not to eradicate the upvotes count but to introduce the views count in order to determine what video or content stays on the most watched/trending page of dtube platform.
It is really sad to see some contents on dtube platform get upvoted due to some factors and in the technical aspect of it the vlog doesn't worth it. (Nb: posting a video on dtube is not an automatic guarantee for upvote).
Nevertheless, this shit happens because the community (we, content creators and contributors) isn't at the helm of deciding which video(s) deserve the most views. If views are implemented on the platform, it will eradicate such menace and make the curation work for dtube much easier.

I prefer not to see if anyone is watching my videos at all, or how people are watching them. On YouTube where I have a lot of analytical data, I can get very disappointed when the analytics don't look good which happens to me all the time until I abandon YouTube completely for DTube, where the number of upvotes, and the payout is the only known performance data. I will always be happy that someone is giving me upvotes that is worth something and not worry about views at all, rather than having views data that can discourage me from posting if the view counts are not good enough to me.

I checked your profile on dtube and I was shocked you could say this?
Really?, you haven't understand the basic principle that exist on this blockchain. Let's delve into the writing content, why do you think people boost their post/contents?
I will let you answer that, but I quite understand that there are several rationale but the most important reason is for VISIBILITY. Meanwhile, on the dtube platform, visibility equals to VIEWS not the cash. So, if you are not interested in people's feedback, why create a content, a vlog or blog initially?
I don't think you have a good point here my friend. Cheers!