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I'd really like to know more about this -- the replies to the original question were divided between people commenting about how much better the comments were,
by dannyobrien 5y ago
I'd really like to know more about this -- the replies to the original question were divided between people commenting about how much better the comments were, and people talking about better tooling and empowerment being granted to large YT creators.
My instinct is that the progress has been primarily because of the better tooling and moderation capabilities, just because the larger companies always promise that ML will take care of their large-scale moderation processes without much concrete evidence. But I also suspect that the answer is somewhere between the two approaches, and it would be great if YT were able to improve the wider ecosystem by sharing some of their strategies.
- gpt5 5y agoI’d argue that YouTube simply implemented a Reddit like sorting mechanism.The top comments on a YouTube video are very similar to Reddit. When you optimize for engagement (e.g. Facebook’s sorting), you get toxicity. When you optimize for approval, you get funny and wholesome stuff.
- TremendousJudge 5y agoReddit top comments are notorious for usually bashing the original post or pointing out how it's wrong. It's a very common trope for there being a super upvoted front page story, and for the first comment to be "actually this is false/incorrect/incomplete/somehow a lie". This basically never happens on Youtube comments.
- guerrilla 5y agoSo, basically the same as HN.
- TremendousJudge 5y agoHN is pretty much reddit as it was before subreddits were introduced
- throwaway946513 5y agonew idea: subHN, subreddits but fore HN
- gpt5 5y agoThis is another good trait of the reddit sorting - much better to fight misinformation. With that said, jokes and wholesome comments do bubble up to the top quickly.