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My guess is because most of YouTube is not content from agencies and professional news sources as you cite. It's small creators for whom the comments section is
by stolenmerch 5y ago
My guess is because most of YouTube is not content from agencies and professional news sources as you cite. It's small creators for whom the comments section is their primary source of community engagement and feedback. That's why so many creators tell you to "like, subscribe, and leave a comment". I know it depends on the channel, but I've found the YouTube comments to be often just as quality as the content itself.
- plorkyeran 5y agoYouTubers ask you to leave a comment because they believe that comment engagement is one of the things which results in YouTube recommending your video to people, not because they necessarily care about reading your comments.
- stolenmerch 5y agoFor sure, that's definitely part of it. Another big part of it is getting ideas from the comments for new videos to make. This is the "community engagement" part.