YouTube tries to clean up its ‘barely literate’ comments section

YouTube, the Google-owned video sharing website, said Tuesday it was revamping its comments feed which some web users claimed had turned into a magnet for crude and vulgar postings.

A YouTube blog post said those sharing videos will be able to use “new tools” to help filter out “unwelcome voices.”

“When it comes to the conversations happening on YouTube, recent does not necessarily mean relevant,” said the posting from YouTube’s Nundu Janakiram and Yonatan Zunger.

“So, comments will soon become conversations that matter to you. In the coming months, comments from people you care about will rise up where you can see them, while new tools will help video creators moderate conversations for welcome and unwelcome voices.”