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?

lumberjim · 04-23-2010, 07:51 PM

this would be a good thing to post in the youtube help forum

except that it is already there, and youtube could give a fuck.

ZenGum · 04-23-2010, 09:17 PM

Well, my question about Youtube comments is this: how is it that semi-literate morons with no life can work a computer and have any success at all using modern technology?

DanaC · 04-24-2010, 03:07 AM

A mate from the Big Finish forums has a YouTube channel where he posts a lot of Doctor Who related stuff...he also puts other stuff on there. One of his home vidoes that has nothing to do with Doctor Who got a really nasty comment from someone demanding to know why he was posting non-Who material? Then got very abusive and had to be blocked :P

glatt · 04-24-2010, 05:01 AM

I had a video of my son playing with a catapult and a video of my daughter playing with a motor, and two different jerks posted negative comments up there for each of them. It's disappointing that there are losers like that in the world. What kind of person goes to a stranger's home movies and criticizes them?

Griff · 04-24-2010, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I had a video of my son playing with a catapult and a video of my daughter playing with a motor, and two different jerks posted negative comments up there for each of them. It's disappointing that there are losers like that in the world. What kind of person goes to a stranger's home movies and criticizes them?

We got a couple of those as well. We've seen how some folks handle anonymity here in the small community on the cellar...

monster · 04-24-2010, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I had a video of my son playing with a catapult and a video of my daughter playing with a motor, and two different jerks posted negative comments up there for each of them. It's disappointing that there are losers like that in the world. What kind of person goes to a stranger's home movies and criticizes them?

yeah I got that too. How bad does your life need to be that you feel the need to do that?

xoxoxoBruce · 04-24-2010, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I had a video of my son playing with a catapult and a video of my daughter playing with a motor, and two different jerks posted negative comments up there for each of them. It's disappointing that there are losers like that in the world. What kind of person goes to a stranger's home movies and criticizes them?

They're called trolls and the populate every available comments section on the web. They live for attention/reaction, good, bad, or ugly.

classicman · 04-24-2010, 08:09 AM

That sucks glatt.

Oh and to answer your question...people from pd.

lumberjim · 04-24-2010, 08:31 AM

from my blue christmas elvis style video:

Quote:

Lilburne m8 no offence, ppl shudernt try n sing lyk elvis unless there shit hot, n well ur not

my reply

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No, I'm definitely not 'shit hot.' in fact, i'm a bit of a big fat guy. sorry i didn't turn you on like Elvis does.

Clodfobble · 04-24-2010, 01:23 PM

You can delete them though, right? I've never tried, but I know you can block a user from commenting, so I figured surely you can delete their comments as well.

Griff · 04-24-2010, 01:29 PM

Yep. It is just a little shocking when a warm family moment gets assaulted.

piercehawkeye45 · 04-26-2010, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

You can delete them though, right? I've never tried, but I know you can block a user from commenting, so I figured surely you can delete their comments as well.

Another idea would to make the video private. That way you can personally choose who you want to see the video.

Sundae · 04-24-2010, 01:36 PM

Wow - I've lucked out!
No negative comments so far.

I've had quite a few PMs regards Singapuras though.
Need to get my new Singa vids up to date in fact...

monster · 04-26-2010, 05:36 PM

Not if you're trying to share it with the cellar....

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**

04-23-2010, 07:51 PM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	this would be a good thing to post in the youtube help forum except that it is already there, and youtube could give a fuck. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-23-2010, 09:17 PM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Well, my question about Youtube comments is this: how is it that semi-literate morons with no life can work a computer and have any success at all using modern technology? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

04-24-2010, 08:09 AM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	That sucks glatt. Oh and to answer your question...people from pd. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-24-2010, 01:23 PM	#11
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You can delete them though, right? I've never tried, but I know you can block a user from commenting, so I figured surely you can delete their comments as well. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-24-2010, 05:01 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I had a video of my son playing with a catapult and a video of my daughter playing with a motor, and two different jerks posted negative comments up there for each of them. It's disappointing that there are losers like that in the world. What kind of person goes to a stranger's home movies and criticizes them?

04-24-2010, 01:29 PM	#12
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yep. It is just a little shocking when a warm family moment gets assaulted. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-24-2010, 01:36 PM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Wow - I've lucked out! No negative comments so far. I've had quite a few PMs regards Singapuras though. Need to get my new Singa vids up to date in fact...

04-26-2010, 05:36 PM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Not if you're trying to share it with the cellar.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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