News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on YouTube says that an error caused comments critical of China to auto-delete. Parent comment

Re:YouTube says that an error caused comments critical of Ch... by jrockway on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @08:47PM (#23318237)
If there weren't spam filters, YouTube would be overrun with comments like the ones you see on local newspapers and blogs. Then nobody could use the comments section. (And despite the reputation YouTube comments have, there are some good ones. People like commenting and creators like reading them.)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:YouTube says that an error caused comments critical of Ch... by ta17711771 on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @12:28AM (#23319401)
YouTube IS overrun, with low-signal, copied comments for upvotes, senseless off-topic fighting, spam to go listen to someone's mixtape, etc.

It's disgusting - and beautiful. Let the votes and Report buttons decide, or just get rid of them.

The work should be in policing the Report button - not automatically deleting shit.

[ Parent | on HN ]