Message from @Coolitic

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2019-09-11 00:32:08 UTC  

all the top comments just happen to be very very recent, nothing to see here

2019-09-11 00:32:18 UTC  

that isn't evidence of deletion

2019-09-11 00:32:26 UTC  

cuz unrelated comments would just linger

2019-09-11 00:32:46 UTC  

Dude, the top comments currently are:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/613770471938195467/621141042669944833/unknown.png

2019-09-11 00:32:56 UTC  

again

2019-09-11 00:33:00 UTC  

you are arguing against yourself

2019-09-11 00:33:02 UTC  

The video is old, but the top comments are only 6 minutes old.

2019-09-11 00:33:04 UTC  

if they were being deleted

2019-09-11 00:33:12 UTC  

unrelated comments would fill it

2019-09-11 00:33:30 UTC  

the fact that "ADL Conspiracy!" comments are in the top

2019-09-11 00:33:33 UTC  

is evidence against yourself

2019-09-11 00:33:38 UTC  

Unless the unrelated comments don't have as many likes, I would guess.

2019-09-11 00:33:52 UTC  

I imagine "congrats 100 mil" would get plenty

2019-09-11 00:33:56 UTC  

So, a recent comment with lots of likes gets more visibility than a recent one with no or very few likes.

2019-09-11 00:34:16 UTC  

@Coolitic The top comments are ADL conspiracy related, but they are **all different comments than a minute ago**.

2019-09-11 00:34:25 UTC  

So they are not the same comments. They are being deleted.

2019-09-11 00:34:29 UTC  

that

2019-09-11 00:34:31 UTC  

isn't

2019-09-11 00:34:32 UTC  

evidence

2019-09-11 00:34:33 UTC  

of

2019-09-11 00:34:34 UTC  

deletion

2019-09-11 00:34:38 UTC  

Also, it's possible that older comments aren't showing up due to some tool or algorithm that's meant to make the curation task easier, and it's just borking.

2019-09-11 00:34:38 UTC  

What would be evidence?

2019-09-11 00:34:44 UTC  

unrelated comments would fill if that were the case

2019-09-11 00:35:15 UTC  

What does "unrelated comments would fill if that were the case" even mean?

2019-09-11 00:35:23 UTC  

comments that aren't being deleted

2019-09-11 00:35:30 UTC  

they would linger

2019-09-11 00:35:32 UTC  

have way more upvotes

2019-09-11 00:35:36 UTC  

and fill the top section

2019-09-11 00:35:39 UTC  

but they arent

2019-09-11 00:35:58 UTC  

He's assuming that this is precision curation, and that older comments don't draw suspicion to the ADL or raise the question of blackmail would be ignored by their deletion, and therefore tend to rise to the top of the timeline.

2019-09-11 00:36:00 UTC  

it's more plausible to say that YT may be tweaking the algo to circulate comments faster

2019-09-11 00:36:07 UTC  

not "ADL deleting!"

2019-09-11 00:36:22 UTC  

Which would be correct, if that's all they were doing. Assuming there were a sufficient number of older comments with any degree of likes.

2019-09-11 00:36:40 UTC  

But depending on the method and tools they're implementing, this might not be the case.

2019-09-11 00:36:50 UTC  

again, all speculation, with very weak evidence

2019-09-11 00:37:00 UTC  

@Coolitic It would be an odd co-incidence. ADL mentioned, PDP subreddits under verifiable purge, etc.

2019-09-11 00:37:08 UTC  

idk about subreddits

2019-09-11 00:37:12 UTC  

cuz I rarely use reddit

2019-09-11 00:37:27 UTC  

And it's so happened in the past that the same thing has occurred with attempts to bury or throttle certain topics or channels. They're rarely super precise. Possibly either due to the incompetency of their method, or just the attempt to seem more random to disguise intent.

2019-09-11 00:38:08 UTC  

refreshing sorting by top comments the top comment had 200+ likes and was 8 minutes old, its now 62 likes and 4 minutes old