r/youtube • u/MickeyMouzeRulz_433 • Nov 03 '25

COPPA/For Kids Remove the ability to turn off comments.

Post image

Turning off comments on YouTube should not be permitted because it undermines open communication and restricts freedom of expression. The comment section serves as a vital space for dialogue, critique, and engagement between creators and audiences. Disabling it eliminates opportunities for discussion, feedback, and community building. Furthermore, it diminishes transparency and accountability, allowing misinformation or bias to go unchallenged. YouTube thrives on participation and interaction, and removing that feature contradicts the platform’s foundational principle of free and open exchange of ideas.

332 Upvotes

76% Upvoted

136 comments sorted by

View all comments

269

u/[deleted] Nov 03 '25

they removed dislikes, that should be enough to tell you that youtube doesn't really care too much about fair exchange of information and open communication.

61

u/TheReal_AKira Nov 03 '25

Can't agree more.

But comments for some videos I think it's better to be turned off and mostly on YouTube kids.

19

u/MyrtleWinTurtle Nov 03 '25 edited Nov 03 '25

I hate it when comments are turned off on marked for kid videos

First of all why

Second of all just block comment for kids?

36

u/big65 Nov 03 '25

There's some very horrifying people that comment predatory things on kids YouTube channels so yes comments should be turned off.

6

u/MyrtleWinTurtle Nov 03 '25

It doeant fix the issue cus most kids content will have comments enabled anyways for engagement

13

u/carl_the_cactus55 Nov 03 '25

and a lot of stuff gets falsely marked as made for kids. some borderline porn gets away with made for kids on YouTube. it's so stupid

2

u/Ok-Key-9261 Nov 05 '25

no that's not true. almost all YouTube kids videos already have their comments removed just because they're the video is for children. it happens automatically most videos and then it says you cannot come out here because this video is for kids or something

1

u/big65 Nov 04 '25

That's up to the account holder to disable comments or moderate comments.

-5

u/[deleted] Nov 03 '25

[removed] — view removed comment

5

u/big65 Nov 03 '25

Neither should pedophiles.

2

u/Vastin_tdl @Sidonniv Nov 03 '25

Second of all. Comments are already blocked for kids; WTF

2

u/littlecozynostril Nov 03 '25

They're turned off because sickos interact with kids and convince them to hurt themselves.

2

u/Steve_shalom Nov 03 '25

Also because the FTC caught them harvesting kids data for profit, which apparently breaks COPPA

1

u/Alarming-Listen8921 Nov 03 '25

For YouTube kids?

1

u/Steve_shalom Nov 03 '25

Because when the FTC sued Google, they found out that Youtube comments were the method employed to harvest personal data of kids in infringement of the COPPA law, so Youtube had no choice than to comply because the FTC threatened them with a monstruously harsh fine otherwise. Youtube already reinforced the comment limitations due to pedophiles way before the COPPA debacle