‘This was always my song for my daughter’: The most touching comments left under songs on YouTube

Once upon a time, one of the most important pieces of wisdom about the internet was to never read the comments. Even the comment sections of the most anodyne of videos threatened to be home to the cesspit of humanity, or so we were told.  While there can be an element of truth to this …
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25+ Absurdly Out of Pocket Comments Found in the Wild

The comments section is the unsung hero of the internet. It’s what separates watching a YouTube video from watching regular TV. Sometimes if I’m watching something on Netflix I’ll get frustrated that I can’t scroll down and see what my fellow watchers are saying about it. Finding a comment that says what you were thinking… …
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Wild YouTube Comments That Didn’t Get Lost in the Algorithm

YouTube comments are a bit of a lost art. Fifteen years ago, every even slightly viral video’s comment section was filled with scrappy young teens trying to get as many upvotes as possible. Commenting, «Like if you are still listening to this in 2011,» would cause an outpour of support from the most gullible suckers. …
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Crazy & Clever YouTube Comments From Absolute Mad Lads

When I get into a YouTube hole, I’m not just watching videos. While enjoying a viewing, be it stupid or smart, or even just a song, I scroll all the way down to that comments section. Because sometimes it’s more rewarding than the video itself. While there are some appreciative shout outs (the comments on …
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Weird And Wretched YouTube Comments From Deeply Disturbed Minds

There are a lot of pieces of internet etiquette that are widely known, but even more widely ignored. Top of the list for these has to be «never read the comments». In the age of TikTok, this particular piece of online lore seems almost quaint, but there are still some places where it stands true.  …
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