Discussion Comments on social media are pointless.

[WhatCouldHaveBeen32]

I truly believe that comments have no reason to exist anymore, you get censored by using specific words, you need to be careful to not get your comment instantly removed by the auto mods; most people on that video are already biased TOWARDS or AGAINST whatever the content showed there was; So you can't have any debate about the subject even if you start writing in good faith; why? Because the ones that start debates usually START TO DEBATE IN BAD FAITH , so you're automatically assumed to do the same and be one of them.


This applies to everything, from things that could be debated and are pointless (ex: pineapple pizza) to things that only have ONE TRUE ANSWER (ex: should assisted suicide be more common? Yes.) but some people might have different opinions; no worries right? you can make them understand the subject better and maybe change their view; but 98% of people who have a different view , don't want their view changed, they want to come down in the comment section like their own the place, start something in bad faith and flaunt their god complex.

 

[Cauliflour]

Eh, I still like reading comments. I do it on every YouTube video. I like seeing other peoples' reactions and thoughts compared to mine. Maybe that's just my desire to see a fuller picture but I don't feel properly informed unless I read the comments.

 

[EternalShore]

the whole Reddit and meme-y swarm ruining the comments sections on most websites to be as purposefully agitating, sarcastic, and agitating to read certainly does make comments sections awful, yesu~ >_<
I'd say tho that part of the reason that you feel that way (from what you indicated as your main points) may be because you're commenting for the wrong reasons~ Commenting to argue is pointless because hardly anyone would ever be convinced, and you're just agitating and angering people~ Arguing online is a waste of time~ Meanwhile, commenting to help/encourage others, share extra info, and to make friends (perhaps, with like-minded views) leaves everyone more satisfied~ :) hence, why the comments here aren't absolutely awful because people here do those things~ :)

 

[WhatCouldHaveBeen32]

the whole Reddit and meme-y swarm ruining the comments sections on most websites to be as purposefully agitating, sarcastic, and agitating to read certainly does make comments sections awful, yesu~ >_<
I'd say tho that part of the reason that you feel that way (from what you indicated as your main points) may be because you're commenting for the wrong reasons~ Commenting to argue is pointless because hardly anyone would ever be convinced, and you're just agitating and angering people~ Arguing online is a waste of time~ Meanwhile, commenting to help/encourage others, share extra info, and to make friends (perhaps, with like-minded views) leaves everyone more satisfied~ :) hence, why the comments here aren't absolutely awful because people here do those things~ :)

I'm personally not commenting for the wrong reasons, the people around me are doing that so it ends up being a waste of time because the convo I was having with the original person is flooded by right wing trash. I mostly comment on game related things giving some insight on the company, their greed and how that's the reason the game is bad.

But somehow jews and minorities start being the ones responsible. And the funny thing is I'm not assuming, it's either some random gun nut American with the anti LGBT flag emoji glitch in his ytb name (12 year old account) or some closeted pedo incel that hates the way women are portrayed or more like NOT portrayed; depends on the type of game.

So yeah, public comments suck, I guess I should have worded it like that? I mean I did I just didn't wanna go into detail but I'm too tired to try and not give examples.

 

[CeaseExist]

The internet is dead, there are almost no real people at the big sites, reddit? Bot curated, no real human interactions on the site, even smaller subs die out pretty fast since the whole platform has become awful - I think even right now they are lying to their investors about the popularity of reddit, with their 300 mil bot accounts flooding in, all the while nobody in my social circle, around one hundred people use reddit, lol.

Other sites are also purposefully manipulated, facebook, instagram, tiktoks and even youtube a lot of times has curated comment sections. Add to that whole list the fact of most users on the english web are from USA and you have your answers, especially about people already having "no discussion, don't change my mind" mindset.

Just be grateful this site exists, and although it's filled with people running on 0.001% of their battery, at the very least it's almost everything humans interacting with humans.

 

[WhatCouldHaveBeen32]

The internet is dead, there are almost no real people at the big sites, reddit? Bot curated, no real human interactions on the site, even smaller subs die out pretty fast since the whole platform has become awful - I think even right now they are lying to their investors about the popularity of reddit, with their 300 mil bot accounts flooding in, all the while nobody in my social circle, around one hundred people use reddit, lol.

Other sites are also purposefully manipulated, facebook, instagram, tiktoks and even youtube a lot of times has curated comment sections. Add to that whole list the fact of most users on the english web are from USA and you have your answers, especially about people already having "no discussion, don't change my mind" mindset.

Just be grateful this site exists, and although it's filled with people running on 0.001% of their battery, at the very least it's almost everything humans interacting with humans.

I am grateful for this site , just talking about mainstream media. I hope that was clear; maybe I should have worded it differently. I agree with the rest.