miskYouTubers can now pause comments after Google moderation tweaks
ssf7Youtube went to shit after the poojeet ceo
OtterThis sounds like a positive change though
No it isn’t. Now people will not be able to comment on videos if the creator decides to make a controversial video. Without dislikes and now the ability to disable comments, youtubers can make up any kind of garbage and misleading content and you will not be able to verify it by looking at the dislikes or comments.
They could disable comments on their videos before, too. Now they can pause and unpause comments.
This is even worse IMO. The youtuber can have an active comment section but pause comments if discussion goes somewhere they don’t like, such as criticizing their topic. They can then request certain comments to be removed or accounts blocked/banned.
This can guve the appearance of free speech while actually promoting censorship.
GrayGoing to get downvoted for this, but it’s a private platform where free speech laws don’t apply.
It is not only free speech but the fairness of a review of a product. Most people go to YouTube to see the review of a product and if comments can be manipulated that way many people will fall for a shitty product.
Nothing has really changed though, you could already delete comments to make the comment section look however you want.