Comment on YouTubers can now pause comments after Google moderation tweaks

ssf7@futurology.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This sounds like a positive change though

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  • ssf7@futurology.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.

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    • cybervseas@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They could disable comments on their videos before, too. Now they can pause and unpause comments.

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      • FireRetardant@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        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.

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      • Osa-Eris-Xero512@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So now they can pause comments until the heat dies down while looking reasonable because of the existing comments.

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      • ssf7@futurology.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Doesn’t matter. They can constantly pause and unpause comments to frustrate the audience and eventually they will lose the motivation to comment.

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