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My observation has been that the comments on high engagement TikTok posts are generally quite pleasant, whereas the comments on high engagement Instagram posts
by megapolitics 3y ago
My observation has been that the comments on high engagement TikTok posts are generally quite pleasant, whereas the comments on high engagement Instagram posts feel like a KKK meeting.
- iinnPP 3y agoThis is my experience as well (though it is uninstalled as of ~1 year ago). You get what you look for on Tiktok.
- mikrotikker 3y agoHaha now do YouTube.
- wongarsu 3y agoYoutube comments used to be known as a cesspool, but lately I'm mostly avoiding them for their unbearable positivity and uncritical praise of the video. I can see how that's bad on conspiracy or racist videos though.
- andai 3y agoFascinating, I'd guess this to be the result of a filter bubble? i.e. it would only show you things you agree with. That might not be optimal though (at least in terms of harvesting human attention at all costs), I always heard that outrage drives engagement better?
- previnder 3y agoI wonder if this is because the creators routinely prune negative comments of them. Or perhaps it is because Youtube severely down ranks comments with dislikes.
- hydrok9 3y agoBecause YouTube promotes positive comments and every comment section is set to "best comments" now by default (instead of most recent comments)
- irksomehails 3y agoToxic positivity is what the cool kids call it. Overtly positive, happy and encouraging comments that feel so manufactured and fake.