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

Showing 3 responses by rooze

@carlos269 No. Well intentioned people with valid concerns have a place on public forums, people who spew vile rhetoric or simply can’t or won’t act decently, do not.

I know this is controversial, free speech and all that goes with it, but if I’m investing my time and energy into creating a channel, a community, or whatever it is, and someone just wants to burn it down by being deliberately disrespectful, disruptive, etc, then I should have the right to protect my space and remove them.

Of course if I overreach and start removing comments from people who just don’t agree with me, then I become the problem.

 

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.

 

@carlos269 The system is in place on YouTube to allow channel owners to remove comments and even ban the commenters if necessary. I’m arguing that the system needs to be there, to protect against people who can’t act decently. If the system is misused by the channel owner then that’s a problem, but it needs to be there.

If you want a quick example of what I’m referring to, go to Facebook and search for ‘Ohm Acoustics’, then look at the comments on their most recent post. As of 10:30 est 7/6/25 the comments are still there. Are you saying, that as the channel/page/group owner, I shouldn’t be allowed to remove that filth from my property? I doubt that’s what you’re saying. It’s an imperfect system, but other than disabling all comments, which defeats the objective of building a community, it’s all there is.