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> Everyone used to use YouTube comments as an example of a comment section dumpster fire, but they fixed it. What do you like about it? Ever since they made co
by luckylion 4y ago
> Everyone used to use YouTube comments as an example of a comment section dumpster fire, but they fixed it.
What do you like about it? Ever since they made comments a signal for discovery and openly communicated that, every creator and their dog will include call to actions to get viewers to comment some mindless nonsense, and users will happily oblige ("for the algorithm"). At least half the comments I see are completely useless.
Then there's the censorship issue where they hide comments but do not adjust the count, so it'll say "2 replies", but none will show up because they're hidden.
And last but not least ... it's has no useful nesting, just top comment and then everything else below it. With large audiences come hundreds or thousands of comments. Yet there's no structure. And you can't search in comments.
So I'm really surprised that you think they've been improved much and are on a good level. What exactly do you like about them?
- labrador 4y agoI'm older and tend to have tastes that aren't current or worth marketing to. Maybe that's a good thing.