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Ask HN: Why does the YouTube commenting system suck?

3 points by lopatin 15y ago

Forget nesting comments and Reddit style ranking algorithms, YouTube doesn't even link you to the original comment when you reply to one. You are left to hunt for the original until you realize that you don't care that much. It's been like this for years, and besides top comment, nothing has really changed. Is this uncomfortable by design? Technically speaking, it's of course hard to build a more advanced commenting system for the volume that they get, but I have a hard time believing the guys at YouTube can't figure it out. Any thoughts?

adrianwaj 15y ago
Agreed. I think they should get nesting right, remove @username in replies, and indent usernames slightly as base level. At least in the new system, you get realtime updates and page changes without stopping vid.