They're 'better' in tone, but for many videos the comments come across as very sycophantic which is a bit tiresome. That's not always the case though, so probably depends to some extent on the channel's community.
Yes, this. I’m sure many creators are happy to get a pile of praise, but it’s completely useless to me to pull up the comments on a video and see 90% “Wow, ur amazing. This is true talent!”
The video often is amazing! The talent is many times top-notch! But I pine for the days of Slashdot, with their categorized moderation. You could hide all the “+5 funny” comments and only see the interesting or insightful ones.
In the case of machining videos, I want to see how others solved an issue the video dealt with. Or alternative tools that could do the same thing cheaper. These comments do exist, but are often buried. And Google only lets you see additional comments in little dribbles.
Yes. They’ve explicitly downranked criticism (they posted about it on Twitter maybe a year ago) and with the removal of downvotes, it’s much harder to quickly figure out how good is the video.
function_seven|3 years ago
The video often is amazing! The talent is many times top-notch! But I pine for the days of Slashdot, with their categorized moderation. You could hide all the “+5 funny” comments and only see the interesting or insightful ones.
In the case of machining videos, I want to see how others solved an issue the video dealt with. Or alternative tools that could do the same thing cheaper. These comments do exist, but are often buried. And Google only lets you see additional comments in little dribbles.
in3d|3 years ago