Should the comment sections be removed from
the internet? Jersey Demic thinks so
In his recent reappearance to the live
interview scene, Jersey Demic
discusses many issues close to his
life and experiences, from Kanye
West's presidential campaign to how
coronavirus has changed his habits.
One of the most unique takes from this interview
though, was his point of view that there should
be no comments on the internet, because there
are creators "Not mentally stable enough" to
handle the possibly terrible and short-sighted
comments that tend to plague the internet,
further going to say t
The best example of how the
second point is handled
generally came up recently
with Taylor Swift's recent
album, folklore, and its release
plan.
She announced the release day of and then
released it that night with no pre-released
singles or videos, and when asked about it, her
producers said that this was done so that
everyone could hear it at the same time,
without the tint that comes along with months of
speculation regarding an album and
For fear of being repetitive, Taylor Swift is also
an excellent example of the other concern Demic
suggests, in that often mental health of creators
is on the line when they are releasing new
content, with Taylor swift having to take a full
year after her first major pop album being
released because
This type of disparity between how
negative and positive comments affect
creators is what I think the crux of
Demics point is, and possibly why limiting
commenting or stopping it in some cases
may be beneficial or at least merits more
discussion.
This type of feature is already
being seen in mass creative
based apps such as TikTok
which gives the creator the
option to limit or eliminate the
option to comment.
This has been a double-edged sword though
for that platform, as it has both encouraged
more creativity and content creation in a
platform free of direct bullying from viewers but
has also allowed people to feel free to say
grotesque things often hurtful to the community
as a whole, which would other
This leads to the final and personally what I
see as the most effective and beneficial
option, which is an option youtube has
implemented, which is allowing creators to
set filters for what is allowed in their
comments, and be able to delete any
comments they see as harmful.
This allows for a more open
discussion, so the viewer can see
what the community thinks, and add
to it, but it finds a happy medium as
the creator could filter out comments
that could be harmful to mental health
or the community.
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