• k_rol@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Then the YouTube comment section saying how it’s our fault since we are close to China. I don’t know why I still read them.

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      10 months ago

      Why do you still read them? (Edit: I’m not being snarky, I’m curious why)

      Every few months I forget why I stopped reading comment sections and dip back into unmoderated comments on news sites. It’s awful.

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        10 months ago

        I think I often hope occasionally reporting comments helps slowly make the platforms better. But it really doesn’t seem to 😞

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        10 months ago

        A long time ago, every comment on YouTube was vitriol. It didn’t matter what the video was, every single comment was pure poison. Today you can safely read the comments on videos that don’t have political context. Of course anything political is going to be completely overrun with state level astroturfing, extremists, and mouth breathers. Occasionally I’ll accidentally read the comments on something political, forgetting that comments should be off-limits for that video.

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      10 months ago

      I’m not a bot … at least I don’t think I am

      But I still want to ask … why are Canadian military aircraft flying in international waters off the coast of China.

      How would we feel if Chinese military aircraft were flying off the coast of Canada?

      And there is military tension on Chinese borders, why would we want to further antagonize them?