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		notatoad on Dec 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube deleting comments who criticize their hidi... they might, but chances are that if you force people to move their dislikes into the comments, they're going to provide more information than just "downvote", and the top comment will be some variaton of * "the information in this video is wrong" * "i don't like the person who made this video" * "this isn't the content i expect from this channel" all of which is vastly more useful than just a downvote.

kortex on Dec 4, 2021 [–]

Task failed successfully. I would love for this to come to pass. I don't think that was their intent.

Unfortunately comments are less indelible (more delible?) than downvotes. As evidenced by the shadowban in OP.

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