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> Nowadays, I wouldn't say YouTube comments are especially funny or insightful I find that a lot of them are something like 'lol', or 'love the way X did Y' /
by tentacleuno 5y ago
> Nowadays, I wouldn't say YouTube comments are especially funny or insightful
I find that a lot of them are something like 'lol', or 'love the way X did Y' / an unfunny meme (with thousands of thumbs ups) / something else along those lines. I find myself scrolling quite a long way to find anything insightful about what I watched, and just for something I can take with me in general.
- jlack 5y agoI think it depends on the niche of the particular video. I've found channels like woodworking/machining have insightful comments from professionals in that field which may have alternate solutions or point out why something is done a certain way.
- showerst 5y agoSeconding this -- the comments on machining and electronics videos tend to be great, comments on gaming videos are usually just jokes. This makes intuitive sense to me; different viewer bases who want to see different things.
- lovehashbrowns 5y agoThat has to depend a lot on the content you watch. I did a mini test with three videos I found on my list to test this out: The only video I found that sorta matches this is Chanel 5's ComplexCon video: https://youtu.be/jy9x09iCATA https://youtu.be/jy9x09iCATA which has mostly meme replies. Mentour Pilot made a video about a 747 crash https://youtu.be/Y50saxfTqQA https://youtu.be/Y50saxfTqQA and the top reply is from a pilot with a lot of the other replies being from pilots as well. And the last video I looked at was one titled "All 8 Species of Bear" https://youtu.be/7DERN0R3AbM https://youtu.be/7DERN0R3AbM which I thought would definitely have trash comments because it seemed to be from one of those "Top #" click bait channels. But the top replies are bear stories, species information, and some zoologists. No idea how accurate the info is, however.