The YouTube Dislike Button Abuse meme refers to the online community's reaction to YouTube's decision to hide public dislike counts in late 2021. While YouTube claimed the move was intended to protect creators from harassment or 'dislike mobs,' the internet responded with memes depicting users aggressively hitting the dislike button despite its count being invisible to the public. These memes often feature high-energy templates or edited screenshots of the YouTube interface to signal collective disapproval. The meme serves as a medium for users to express frustration over the loss of a transparency tool that historically helped identify misleading tutorials, scams, and universally disliked corporate announcements.