Tuesday, March 31, 2009

What's the Point???


Who has ever wondered what in the world is going on with the comment section of YOUTUBE? Hundreds of pointless, cruel, advertisement-like comments combine to make a non-sensical pool of random comments that many no longer even attempt to read. At least this is what several people said in Media literacy class on Thursday. I began to search around wondering if anyone was as perplexed as myself, wondering what was the purpose of the comment section and why is it that is never seems to fulfill its seemingly conventional purpose; to critique the video.
Youtube Comments: Necessary, But Add No Value

is a blog/article by Bwana concerning Youtube comment. Bwana says, " Hardly anyone pays attention to anything prior to the last 10 comments, yet the videos with the most comments, get more views.



"What do these comments generally look like?" you ask. Well, let's take a look.




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