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minus-squareConcave1142@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up85arrow-down1·3 months agoI feel like this is what the comment section is used for.
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months agoI value my mental health too much to regularly dive into the YouTube comment section
minus-squareThorny_Insight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·3 months agoI must be watching different videos than the people complaining about YouTube comments. The ones I see are virtually all positive.
minus-squareTheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months agoDon’t just look at the comments. Look at the replies to the top comments. 8 out of 10 times they turn super toxic super quickly in my experience.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down11·3 months agoComments section are not voted on by users.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months ago? They absolutely are…
minus-squareAbnorc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoTechnically they are, but I’m not sure how confident I am in YouTube showing you comments I a reasonable order regardless.
minus-squaregen/Eric Computers@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoSo the upvotes and downvotes in the comments don’t do anything?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoProbably not. Or maybe every vote counts as “engagement” and pushes it to the top.
I feel like this is what the comment section is used for.
I value my mental health too much to regularly dive into the YouTube comment section
I must be watching different videos than the people complaining about YouTube comments. The ones I see are virtually all positive.
Don’t just look at the comments. Look at the replies to the top comments. 8 out of 10 times they turn super toxic super quickly in my experience.
Comments section are not voted on by users.
? They absolutely are…
Technically they are, but I’m not sure how confident I am in YouTube showing you comments I a reasonable order regardless.
So the upvotes and downvotes in the comments don’t do anything?
Probably not. Or maybe every vote counts as “engagement” and pushes it to the top.