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Audio influencers on YouTube hiding comments from public view

The @AudiophileJunkie, @MillerscarbonsTheAudioFiles, and other wanna be audio influencers on YouTube have now taken to the practice of hiding comments made, on videos posted by them, from public view. These non-offensive and non rules violating comments are not visible to the viewers. This is very troublesome as this makes commentary and the value of displayed comments of little value. If the only comments left are all in alignment with narrative that the video poster is stating then why bother having a comments section? The world as we know it is incrementally veering away from the freedoms of expression that we once had and enjoyed. When you exercise censorship on dissenting opinions, your suppression and restrictions artificially steer the narrative to a police state style herd mentally. Very disappointed to see the deliberate erosion of freedom of speech and subversion of opinions & free commentary. Another step in the wrong direction. Those who want to be puppet masters should first take notice of the strings on their back.

carlos269
kerrybh
340 posts
 

I don’t agree with removing or restricting comments selectively- better to simply block them all. Regarding ocd Mikey, he’s not a reviewer and doesn’t claim to be. He’s a seller and makes that very clear. He’s upfront about his business. 

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jallan
349 posts
 

I actually learned a lot from MC, it’s too bad that he injected politics and especially some shakey COVID stuff into his posts (as a march 2020 adopter of the high test version, with permanent consequences, this bothered me a lot). I am not a Tekton guy, but he did offer some insight into turntables and vibration control especially. I will have to check out his YouTube channel.

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kairosman
299 posts
 

Two thoughts:

1. YouTube is a for profit company, users naturally use their channel to profit themselves. They are not obligated to commit to free speech, although I would argue that if they can find a way to make that profitable over the long term, they should work towards that goal as that would ensure their business's longevity.

2. Internet culture has devolved into an ugly place where posters feel free to anonymously slag and troll as viciously as they feel entitled to, that said IMO policing one's comment section to dissuade the trolls is a very difficult exercise in walking fine lines, I don't envy anyone with a YouTube channel they are relying on to pay the bills.

zx10
48 posts
 

I've never had any interest in those influencers type 

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rooze
656 posts
 

People can be horribly mean spirited and are capable of the worst kind of behavior when hiding, like cowards, behind the safety of their computers and phones. I saw an example of this on a Facebook post just a couple days ago where a well known speaker manufacturer innocently posted a picture of their product, on their own profile, inspiring a raving lunatic to come out of the woodwork with some inappropriate remarks of a homophobic nature. Not only should I be allowed to delete this type of comment, there ought to be a button I could press to flush the perpetrator into the local sewer system.

People want the freedoms to behave like scum without recourse. I don’t think so.

 

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