[tentacleuno]

I don't know. Saying Discord, a chronological text service, is a good replacement for YouTube comments is like saying Matrix would replace Hacker News.

The main advantage of YouTube comments is being able to gauge the temperature of a video. If the top comment's bad, the video probably isn't great. Combine that with dislikes and you have a semi-decent QC system.

(re: dislikes, Return YouTube Dislikes is a great extension.)

[JoshTriplett]

If the top comment is bad, the video author probably doesn't delete comments.

[pseudalopex]

What is your point? They didn't say the video is good if the top comment is good.