YouTube Comments

Flint · 04-23-2010, 07:32 PM

After all these years, I am no closer to understanding how the Comments section of a YouTube page works.

Almost every time: the topmost comment is a reply to something that I see nowhere on the page. It is nowhere "below" the reply, so...it must be "above" it? When I hit "2" it does in fact add more comments to the top of the page, "above" the reply. But--not a whole "page" worth, just a few more (do the "pages" ever roll over?). Presumably, hitting "3" and "4" etc. would eventually lead you to the chronologically first reply...right?

Question: why wouldn't the OLDEST or EARLIEST comment be on PAGE ONE??? I don't understand the concpet of how this is supposed to work, or what constitutes a "page" in this system. Try as I might, I cannot comprehend how these comments are ordered, or how to create a narrative of what is being said. Am I actually that stupid, or is this a broken system?

04-23-2010, 07:32 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	YouTube Comments After all these years, I am no closer to understanding how the Comments section of a YouTube page works. Almost every time: the topmost comment is a reply to something that I see nowhere on the page. It is nowhere "below" the reply, so...it must be "above" it? When I hit "2" it does in fact add more comments to the top of the page, "above" the reply. But--not a whole "page" worth, just a few more (do the "pages" ever roll over?). Presumably, hitting "3" and "4" etc. would eventually lead you to the chronologically first reply...right? Question: why wouldn't the OLDEST or EARLIEST comment be on PAGE ONE??? I don't understand the concpet of how this is supposed to work, or what constitutes a "page" in this system. Try as I might, I cannot comprehend how these comments are ordered, or how to create a narrative of what is being said. Am I actually that stupid, or is this a broken system? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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