How Will We Fix YouTube Comments?

[N_W]

In light of John and Hank's recent brush with YouTube haters I propose we brainstorm ways to improve the quality of YouTube comments.

I would suggest we use an algorithm along the lines of the Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level test to filter out comments below a certain grade level. If you're not familiar with this algorithm you can see it in action here. You will find that a coherent comment usually scores in 6-8 range while "gay... lol" scores a resounding zero.

It's not a very complicated algorithm so I believe I could code it into a bookmarklet that when clicked would filter out comments.

[Rigel314]

xkcd had an excellent idea:

Listen to Yourself

[N_W]

And you might remember that they did do this, except it wasn't mandatory - which sort of completely defeated the purpose and I believe it's gone now.