Do you mean the live chat? Those are, appropriately, for live streams. They do replay afterwards as depending on the type of stream the video may not make complete sense without them (and they're easy enough to fold if they don't have any value e.g. premieres).
Re:We shouldn't have needed lockfiles
by politelemon on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @03:17PM
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Thankfully that can be collapsed.
Streaming comments on YouTube give it a run for its money, what absolute garbage.