user comments

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User comments are responses left by readers or viewers on websites, videos, articles, or social media posts.

The term often carries a slightly dismissive tone, implying low-quality discourse: Don't read the user comments—they're toxic.

Comment sections became notorious for hostility, misinformation, and trolling, leading many sites to disable them entirely.

Related

thumbs · likes · downvotes · moderation · threads · opinions · reactions · posting · flame · flame war · spam · notifications · online discourse · engagement · social media · avatar · username · scrolling

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Opposites
content source/authority

user commentsexpert analysis

Skilled examination of evidence

corporate communications · press release · official documentation

content hierarchy

user commentsbody text

Document's main prose

content hierarchy/primacy

user commentssource material

Original work adapted from

lead content

Family

user, users, uses, usable, useable, unusable, usages, misuse, misused

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G