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What about a revamped comment section? I didn't see anything pertaining to comments and those are just as important to the site as the videos are.

by dev1n 15y ago

fourspace 15y ago
Really? YouTube could remove the comments and not only would I likely not notice, but I'd consider it an improvement. Their current comments harbor some of the most idiotic fury I've seen on the internet.
- mortenjorck 15y ago
  YouTube comments have actually improved a lot over the past couple of years. They have advanced from what was once a morass of non-sequitur racial slurs in vaguely parseable sentences to a predictable pattern of self-amused meme repetition.
- jasonlotito 15y ago
  Depends on which videos you are watching. YouTube comments are wonderful for the various communities. It's when videos attract the attention of hundreds of thousands of viewers they degrade. As someone who was making videos, and involved with a YouTube community, they were wonderful. I equate it to Reddit's front page. If you only look at the front page, you aren't actually getting much value from it.
- nakkiel 15y ago
  I think that's exactly what the op meant. In other words, changing the appearance of the website won't improve its content and, I agree with him, it definitely should improve.
DannoHung 15y ago
Seriously? YouTube comments are some of the worst on the net. If I were YouTube management, I would leave the comment box, but only show non-submitter comments if someone actually left a comment or otherwise clicked on something to show comments. As for the redesign: Pretty nice, but I miss the full-screen button.
- jasonlotito 15y ago
  That's like saying Reddit is a horrible cess pool with no redeeming quality based on the results of the front page alone. If you're only bothering with the videos without 100k+ views, of course it's going to be awful. It's the nature of the internet. However, there are many small communities on YouTube that do very well, and the comments there are just wonderful. Do not judge a book merely by it's cover.
- trafficlight 15y ago
  As usual, XKCD had a great idea for improving Youtube comments. http://xkcd.com/481/ http://xkcd.com/481/
- anigbrowl 15y ago
  Try Comment Snob: http://www.chrisfinke.com/2011/03/18/youtube-comment-snob-is-now-comment-snob/ http://www.chrisfinke.com/2011/03/18/youtube-comment-snob-is... Also allows filtering of HN.
mrspandex 15y ago
I actually wrote a custom stylesheet to hide the comments section. I wonder if this update means I have to change it :)

What about a revamped comment section? I didn't see anything pertaining to comments and those are just as important to the site as the videos are.

by dev1n 15y ago

What about a revamped comment section? I didn't see anything pertaining to comments and those are just as important to the site as the videos are.

fourspace 15y ago

Really? YouTube could remove the comments and not only would I likely not notice, but I'd consider it an improvement. Their current comments harbor some of the most idiotic fury I've seen on the internet.

mortenjorck 15y ago
YouTube comments have actually improved a lot over the past couple of years. They have advanced from what was once a morass of non-sequitur racial slurs in vaguely parseable sentences to a predictable pattern of self-amused meme repetition.
jasonlotito 15y ago
Depends on which videos you are watching. YouTube comments are wonderful for the various communities. It's when videos attract the attention of hundreds of thousands of viewers they degrade. As someone who was making videos, and involved with a YouTube community, they were wonderful. I equate it to Reddit's front page. If you only look at the front page, you aren't actually getting much value from it.
nakkiel 15y ago
I think that's exactly what the op meant. In other words, changing the appearance of the website won't improve its content and, I agree with him, it definitely should improve.

DannoHung 15y ago

Seriously? YouTube comments are some of the worst on the net. If I were YouTube management, I would leave the comment box, but only show non-submitter comments if someone actually left a comment or otherwise clicked on something to show comments. As for the redesign: Pretty nice, but I miss the full-screen button.

jasonlotito 15y ago
That's like saying Reddit is a horrible cess pool with no redeeming quality based on the results of the front page alone. If you're only bothering with the videos without 100k+ views, of course it's going to be awful. It's the nature of the internet. However, there are many small communities on YouTube that do very well, and the comments there are just wonderful. Do not judge a book merely by it's cover.
trafficlight 15y ago
As usual, XKCD had a great idea for improving Youtube comments. http://xkcd.com/481/ http://xkcd.com/481/
anigbrowl 15y ago
Try Comment Snob: http://www.chrisfinke.com/2011/03/18/youtube-comment-snob-is-now-comment-snob/ http://www.chrisfinke.com/2011/03/18/youtube-comment-snob-is... Also allows filtering of HN.

mrspandex 15y ago

I actually wrote a custom stylesheet to hide the comments section. I wonder if this update means I have to change it :)