@mattmcirvin
This really ought not to be a "hack" that has to be passed around if youTube was designed around fostering real engagement with the videos.
Oh they talk about "engagement" a lot. And even use comments to measure it. But fundamentally their design shows they don't really care.
Letting people know that *someone* has taken the time to respond to them should be the top priority of any social network. That is the SOCIAL part. That's the whole point!
https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/113611721261322320
@futurebird @mattmcirvin if you define engagement as “eyeballs on advertisements” they care and optimize for that quite well.
If they can’t (won’t) effectively fight comment spam, then a […]
@mattmcirvin @futurebird OTH 99% of the comments or likes on my Insta is just bots and spam-sellers … making any notificatin there just useless …
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