How to Comment on YouTube

Open YouTube. Go to https://www.youtube.com/ using your computer’s web browser. This is the step to open the YouTube homepage if you are already signed in to your YouTube account.

• If you’re not signed in to your YouTube account, you’ll need to click SIGN IN in the upper-right corner of the page, then enter your email address and password before continuing.

Search videos. Click the search box at the top of the YouTube page, then type the video name and press ↵ Enter .

• If the video you want to comment on is on the homepage, click on the video and go to the next step.

Video selection. Click on the video you want to add a comment to. The video will be opened.

Scroll down to the “Comments” section. This is always below the video description.

• If you see “Comments are disabled for this video” below the “comments” section, you can’t comment on that video.

Click the “Add a public comment…” text field. This field is near the top of the “comments” section, just to the right of your Google account profile picture.

• If you want to reply to someone else’s comment, click REPLY below the comment line.

Type comment. Enter what you want to comment on.

Click COMMENT . This blue button is in the lower right corner of the comment field. This is the step to post comments on the video.

• If you’re going to reply to someone else’s comment, click the REPLY button here.

Get familiar with YouTube’s community guidelines. YouTube’s Community Guidelines prohibit nudity/pornography, violence, hate, spam, harmful/dangerous, threats, and copyright infringement. As for comments, it is especially forbidden to comment, though relevant, that are hateful, threatening and spam. ^[1]

Think about why you’re commenting. What is your purpose when commenting on that video? Did that video inspire you? Did that video make you laugh? Do you think the video maker missed something and can be improved? Are you hoping to spark a topic of discussion? Leaving a trivial or thoughtless comment can make you more likely to get blocked than noticed, so think about what to comment before you post.

• Example: Maybe you’ve seen dance instruction videos for beginners on YouTube; maybe you’re just starting out, and even though it’s a tutorial for people like you, you feel like it’s still too difficult. You want to tell the teacher in the video that you found the dance move difficult to learn.

Read other people’s comments to avoid duplication. Before commenting on a video, scroll through as many comments as possible to make sure that your comment doesn’t overlap with others.

• If you find a comment line that is quite similar to what you mean, you should just like (click the “thumb up” icon below the comment line) and/or respond instead of posting a comment. new.

Respect others. If you don’t like a video, you have the right to say it — as long as it’s respectful. If your first thought after watching the video is “This video is boring. What a waste of time!” then why do you have to spend more time writing a review? If you find that you absolutely must comment, you need to figure out why you hate the video, and give some tips for improving it.

• Avoid comments like “The teaching style is crazy! Waste of time watching — learn how to teach!!!!”
• Try writing a comment like “Thanks for making this video tutorial! I’m a beginner, and even though this is a beginner’s video tutorial, I’m still having a lot of trouble. I think it would be easier if the dance was divided into more parts, with more rehearsals after each part. Finally, instead of going straight to the complete dance with music, it would be better to do the dance twice at a slower pace and without music.”

Add something to the comment. Social media is a place to share ideas and build connections. If your only comment after watching the video is “so boring”, you are not helping or contributing anything. Maybe the video is boring; If you are done watching and feel that you must comment, please try to be informative, encouraging, or at least a little witty.

• For example, when commenting on a dance tutorial video, users can make their comments useful by giving advice on how the video’s creators can improve. Ideally, the video creator will hear and apply this advice in upcoming dance tutorials.
• To be even more helpful, the person commenting can share a link to another video showing the dance moves they found more effective (if available).

Brief. YouTube comments do not have a character length limit, but that doesn’t mean you need to write as long as an essay. The longer your comment is, the less likely it is that others will read it all. Try to write as short a review as possible, but still be respectful and provide useful information.