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by onion2k 2925 days ago
Why are those bad comments? The first one is a bit ridiculous, but the others are fine. They're comments. They're not discussion points. YouTube isn't a forum or a social network. There's nothing compelling people to leave intelligent or even constructive points. The comment section is for people to note what they think. That's it.

When people say these sorts of things are bad I think it's because their expectations and understanding of a comments section are wrong.

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It's just super repetitive, and actually good and original comments get buried because they don't match the hivemind.

Of course, it's a question of taste what comments should be more visible. If the community actually prefers reading the same stuff over and over again, then the current state is probably justified, and it's just a moronic community.