Comments

Comments are a function that is used on YouTube enabling members to post their statements, opinions, facts, questions or remarks on the video or channel. This function is used to put a comment in the bottom of a video. They are a function that can be enabled or disabled by YouTube or the creator of the video.
==Function==
The YouTube comment function exists as way to get feedbacks from viewers, answer their questions and so on. Comments can be liked, disliked and replied to by others.https://creatoracademy.youtube.com/page/lesson/connect-with-comments_overview_video#strategies-zippy-link-1 The creator themself can comment and reply to other people's comments. They can also interact by using the heart icon. When someone "Hearts" (officially known as Love) a comment to show their appreciation, viewers will see their avatar with a small red heart. The creator can also pin a single comment which can be from the creator or any other commenter. This single comment will always be on top of the comment section and will be highlighted. 
===Deactivated comments===
Comments on YouTube videos may be turned off due to various reasons, including:
*The video owner selected the setting to disable comments in YouTube Studio.https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9482556
* YouTube may have turned off comments on some videos for safety reasons, like to protect minors.
*The channel or video’s audience is set as "made for kids."https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9632097
*Comments on automatically generated Art Tracks are turned off.
*Turning Restricted Mode on.https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/174084?hl=en#:~:text=When%20Restricted%20Mode%20is%20turned%20on%2C%20you%20can%27t%20view%20comments%20on%20the%20videos%20you%20watch.
*Comments are paused.
==History==
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Comments were not part of the platform's initial offering, because of YouTube's beginnings as a dating site. They would only become a feature in mid-2005, when YouTube pivoted to becoming a video platform. 
The earliest comment ever posted to YouTube is thought to have been posted by a user named Marco Cassé, who wrote "LOL!!!!!!" on June 14, 2005. It was rumored to have been removed. A prior misconception has led people to believe that the first ever comment was posted by user COBALTGRUV on July 12, 2005, on Jawed's video, Me at the zoo.
===Google+ integration===
By 2011, Google+ was directly integrated onto YouTube so it can streamline the site. But, when this event happened, the Bob Army copypasta was created by users texting a stick figure next to a tank, in which they encourage the reader to copy and paste the message in the comments in order to speak out against G+.
In November 6, 2013, Google+ introduced an New Comment System that put all the replies inside in comments and responded to this, now forcing users to have a G+ account in order to comment on videos. It received major backlash, started as a beta version in September 24, 2013. that one of the founders of YouTube, Jawed Karim, came back to Google just to ask, in his own words: "Why the f**k do I need a Google+ account to comment on a video.
The total of comment replies are 500, but later, The comment reply limit has been increased to 750 replies around in January 2024.
== Types of comments ==
=== Spam/Scam/Trashposting/Troll comments ===
Spam/Trashposting/Troll/Scam comments were well known to be a part of the YouTube comment's system, most users either asked for likes or subs or attention.
==Comment bots==
Mostly appearing on videos relating to Bollywood and Elsagate, since October 2014, gibberish comments from bots has clearly became a thing now. Such as writing one letter or writing nonsense gibberish or just commenting their own channel names, here are some examples:
Comment bots later made a resurgence in 2021, from the infamous "sex bots" (named likely due to their NSFW avatars and their account names), either copying the top comments and reposting them, or commenting a message to entice users into clicking on scam links, to verified bots copying original comments in order to get to the top comments.
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==References==
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