I'd argue that this reflects a dated perspective of YouTube. It's becoming clear that they've put significant effort into hiding comments with negative sentiment. From my perspective YouTube is now closer to being a place full of generic positivity than a dumpsterfire.
politicaltrashfire t1_j4ncqir wrote
Reply to comment by tornpentacle in Among social media users, YouTube was considered to be the least civil, followed by Facebook. Twitter and TikTok ranked in the middle. Reddit and Instagram were considered the most civil. (N = 1,105; N = 1,035) by RepleteDivide
I'd argue that this reflects a dated perspective of YouTube. It's becoming clear that they've put significant effort into hiding comments with negative sentiment. From my perspective YouTube is now closer to being a place full of generic positivity than a dumpsterfire.