Hi All,
I am George Pierce. This post is about some of the negatives that can happen on your website, YouTube channel, forum, FB group, or social site.
A thumbs down is an example. SPAM and bullying are also on the list.
The good news is that most of the time, all these negatives are NOT negatives. HUH?
Search engines and social media websites search engines look at all this as interaction. A thumb up or a thumb down, a good comment or a bad comment, or a SPAM comment are viewed as positive. Believe it or not, these negatives benefit your site, channel, etc.
You may want to 'hide' negative comments or spam rather than delete them, to get their benefit. Leaving negative comments alone may also be of benefit. People may feel compelled to read your article or watch your video to see why it is so bad.
When I get SPAM, I still thank the Spammer for the comment and let them know that there is a better way since SPAM is almost always deleted, then I invite them to my website or channel. If SPAMMING is constant, it is often a robot, and I treat it like bullying.
When negatives are actually bullying or repetitive SPAM, you should be able to stop the bullying or SPAMMONG by adding the bully's or spammer's IP address to the comment blacklist. You should be able to access this by way of settings and then comments and blacklist.
On YT, go to YT studio, then Comments in the left column, then on the negative comment, click on the 3 dots and choose the option you need.
My point is that a thumbs down and even a negative comment have value, and, of course, there is no need to allow bullying or repeated SPAM.
Thanks for reading.
Much success,
Goerge Pierce
PS. My new YT channel is about classic TV. If you like classic TV shows, commercials, movies, cartoons, etc, please visit.
PPS. This is the video that got a thumbs-down.
This video actually has a lot of likes on FB, and a surprisingly high amount of upvotes (see below).
What is unusual is that this was filmed live. Part of the backstory is that Lon Chaney Jr. thought that
this live show was a final rehearsal. You can see that this is true by the way he handles the furniture and props.
He is supposed to be smashing them, but since he believes this is a rehearsal, after angrily picking them up,
notice that he gently puts them back down, to save them for the show.
Comments
Thumbs up and thumbs down are social signals. Like and comments are social signals as well. If a person spams your comments with links and such, this is when I delete the comment. This is an indication to me of how they are and all they want is someone to clink their link, and most people won't because it's showing the people they're spammers and people will think it's a scam.
Exactly. Thanks, Terri.