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The comment algorithm itself is also broken. Comments that get many replies and are controversial are shown higher than those that purely get many up votes. H
by TimJRobinson 10y ago
The comment algorithm itself is also broken. Comments that get many replies and are controversial are shown higher than those that purely get many up votes.
Hank green made a video lately about how people should reply with + to a post they like instead of up voting and the top comments on recent videos are now far far better than ever before.
I don't know if YouTube made their algorithm bad on purpose to stir controversy which would stir usage but they really need to fix it.
They could also do things like global karma that makes all your posts naturally higher or lower ranking so that people that constantly troll get buried immediately on every video instead of always enjoying attention on comments before they get down voted.
- WilliamDhalgren 10y agohmm has anyone tried such global karma that determines default comment ranking? IMHO it could work only if its on something like a logarithmic scale. Else people that tend to create substantial on-point comments will get swamped with say funny or snarky one-liner producers even worse than now, as those are much easier to digest and, being devoid of opinion, much easier to upvote.