I really have zero idea why I should care? I ignored all comments except when I thought it would be funny. So people come to YouTube to comment??????? I thought that was like only .05% who did?
Where am I being an ignorant YouTube user? Just seems like a big to do about nothing.
boogie2988 disabled comments on all his videos because the hateful spiteful messages (personal attacks re. his weight, etc) all bubbled to the top.
Many people are also linking to spam, pornography, and viruses. G+'s algorithm also bubbles these to the top because they get a large amount of responses.
Discussion is sometimes helpful, I've found. It can add depth to the presentation. The uploader or the content creator can answer questions. I think comments can be extremely useful. It's a shame that Google is trying to force the G+ identity merger on Youtube users right now; every few times I use youtube, I have to answer a nagging pop-up with "Ask me later" (no way to disable the feature).
Because I have a young child who is now getting into watching animal shows and children's cartoons on Youtube, I've had to enable the safety feature, which hides all comments behind a link. It's a pain, but it's the only way to avoid her seeing some appalling crap at the bottom of a perfectly innocent video. I'm sure she'll see it all when she's a teen, but I'd prefer her not to see it at age 8.
That's the price of social media, I suppose; you have to take the good with the bad.
Really, I sometimes enjoy reading the stupid comments. Do we really want quality control censorship on comments for all the "I Put Fireworks Down My Pants" videos? I think not.
Where am I being an ignorant YouTube user? Just seems like a big to do about nothing.