# Is there a reason/trend going on that record companies/rights holders are turning off comments on youtube? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017 "2022-08-20T23:55:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017/1 "2022-08-20T23:55:44Z")
im seeing this more and more and I’m wondering if it’s a YT reason or something going on I don’t know about.? At first, I noticed some of the artists doing it and I was ok I can see that but its happening more and more even on official releases … ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017/2 "2022-08-20T23:59:29Z")
I would expect they don’t want to take time to monitor the comments. Spamming/scamming and assholes ruin it for the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017/3 "2022-08-21T00:01:21Z")
yeah ive noticed certain porn spam being presented as a playlist on Spanish … ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017/4 "2022-08-21T02:50:43Z")
I, easily, report half a dozen p0rnbots every day. And I’ve started to notice entire comment and replies that are nothing other than crypto scams. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017/5 "2022-08-21T14:19:19Z")
I still amazed that anybody allows comments on their channels given the immense amount of spam and scams. Music vids sometimes get a lot more views than most others and so the creepizoids have to be really targeting them. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017/6 "2022-08-21T14:46:43Z")
@Mangetout ([Atomic Shrimp](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSl5Uxu2LyaoAoMMGp6oTJA))has several videos about his dealings with comment spammers. [TAOFLEDERMAUS](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNEZ7cqaZzYLeyWfTkelkEA) and [Forgotten Weapons](https://www.youtube.com/c/forgottenweapons) have put out videos warning about the free gun giveaways in their comments. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017/7 "2022-08-21T18:21:35Z")
Comments are a cesspool. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017/8 "2022-08-21T18:25:40Z")
All of those channels called \+“topic” are posted by a bot, with no human intervention. There’s nobody there who’s going to be policing the comment section. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017/9 "2022-08-21T19:42:09Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > @Mangetout ([Atomic Shrimp](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSl5Uxu2LyaoAoMMGp6oTJA))has several videos about his dealings with comment spammers. Yep, spam, scams (including scammers impersonating me), haters, trolls, confidently-incorrect corrections, false accusations of plagiarism, etc, and the comments on my channel are probably amongst the tamest and most pleasantly nice on the platform overall. Still there are times I am tempted to just turn them off. (I don’t because the good parts are very good). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017/10 "2022-08-21T19:43:33Z")
Oh, the other thing is that YouTube ‘for kids’ videos don’t support comments. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017/11 "2022-08-21T20:32:25Z")
And of course, they also likely don’t want any sort of negative comments, but the spam is the best and supportable reason.