You gotta be able to back up a claim like that with screenshots or something else other than hearsay. It's my impression that no one really GAF about the fediverse, or only pays lip service to it like Meta, which explains why it's so nice. It's only us nerds here willing to be our own algorithm. So I have a hard time believing this. Also, who still cares about comments on YT?

I have the feeling YouTube removes my comments if I edit them shortly after creating them.

Also, it feels like they remove comments quickly if they are reported often. At least I have the feeling that if I post factual but unpopular comments, they are more likely to get removed after a short while.

Anyway, it makes sense they remove more than they used to as they had a big spam problem. Now it's better but them removing valid comments too quickly as collateral makes sense to me.

I wonder if you made an account like LemmyisBetter if they would delete that account or all the comments

I get it. I once got kicked out of a Dairy Queen for telling everyone a McFlurry was better than a Blizzard.