People Who Block Comments

[dillonsup]

I will give you a simple answer on why people block them comments
BECAUSE THEY CAN! no be mean just because i can not be mean

 

[steveocubed]

Nothing wrong with blocking comments at all. In all seriousness, it is incredibily rare that you ever find a youtube comment that is actually of substance. So really there is very little lost.

I have a pretty big blacklist of words that will stop comments being shown before I approve them too, I can take criticism but I don't tolerate just bashing my content and I don't want my viewers to see it either.

PewDiePie did it to stop self-advertising and people trying to leech off of his success, that is really the only reason he did it. Many people don't like how G+ works because people with more subs get higher places in the comments section regardless of their comment because G+ assumes people want to read that persons comment more than the average person.

It's not being thin skinned, it's about having a bit of control and keeping a bit of order in your channel.

Word -- some of the bigger channels are just spam and self-promotion breeding grounds with some hate and trolling thrown in for good measure. I personally wouldn't ever turn off comments on my videos but I don't see why it isn't the creator's prerogative to keep their videos without comments. (although yeah overall I like being able to comment)

 

[gngamer]

I have no problem with people doing it for any reason. Sure, limiting discussion is generally a negative, but I won't fault someone for disabling comments if the community has turned into a cesspool of trolls and bullying.

I personally wouldn't do it, though (not that I'd ever get big enough to need to in the first place).