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Haha now do YouTube.

• wongarsu 3y ago
  Youtube 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 ago
    Fascinating, 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 ago
    I 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 ago
    Because YouTube promotes positive comments and every comment section is set to "best comments" now by default (instead of most recent comments)
  • irksomehails 3y ago
    Toxic positivity is what the cool kids call it. Overtly positive, happy and encouraging comments that feel so manufactured and fake.