i do this sometimes, but i never really find anything too interesting...

I've done it a few times, but only for comments older than 10 or so years generally unless they happen to say something that directly references something they've created. Youtube comment quality being low as a whole has been a joke for over a decade, but the UI gets worse and worse and those old videos have comments from back when the conversations could be followed so it's a better experience.

>>113490
I mean, you say that, but YouTube comments are definitely still a cut above other social media sites. I'd put them just below imageboards and forums and just above Twitter, with a massive gap between it and sites like TikTok, Instagram, and so on.

>>113491
It really depends on the type of video. Comedy typically just has people restating lines from the video and tuber stuff is really shitposty, but academic subjects and game analyses usually have some insightful commenters who will add context or point out mistakes. Comments and replies will echo the tone and depth of what they're responding to, so YouTube has a massive leg up on sites like Twitter and TikTok that discourage posting anything worthwhile.

I love to bear witness to how others live.
All seem so different to me.

i only view profiles if the pfp and or name caught my eye

>>113490
>unless they happen to say something that directly references something they've created
I think that's actually the least interesting scenario, you're know what you're getting into and a lot of time the video quality isn't really above average. When you look at regular people you can find a six-min rant on this or that, bugs they recorded in a videogame, some memes, and then the interesting stuff. The 12yr old vid was from one of those accounts whose bajillion comments consistently appear at the top of the section, and I clicked on that video specifically because of the large gap in time and views between it and the gameplay clips that came afterwards. It's always neat to see the phases people have gone through.
Another example is the channel of a QA expert I was linked to so I could take a look at his talks, he also has a recording of him and his wife baking a fruit cake. Pumpkin pie too.