> YouTube for the things I enjoy has improved dramatically because the comment section is vastly improved. Everyone used to use YouTube comments as an example o

> YouTube for the things I enjoy has improved dramatically because the comment section is vastly improved. Everyone used to use YouTube comments as an example of a comment section dumpster fire, but they fixed it. I wonder if there some empirical evidence to support this because I'd argue it's much worse now. It went from "first" sort of harmless meme spam to real problems like encouraging conspiracy theories and criminal activities and toxic hate etc. Isn't that were most conspiracies like flat earth and covid crazies start? Not to mention the absurd amount of spam. Leave a comment on any tech video and you'll very soon find out "you won an iPhone!" sent by someone with the exact same image/name as the channel of the video.