Blocking commenters you can't stand?

Uncivilized Elk said:
The spelling and syntax are the least objectionable parts, haha (though when layered atop everything else it does add an extra layer of exasperation, particularly when a few sentences are so wrong I can't even tell what they're saying anymore).

I've since deleted this person's comments when I performed the block, but let me see if I have any remnants in my email account if they haven't all been sent to trash already.
OK, so I only have one email still in my inbox, and it gets cut-off before it finishes (it kept going for a while longer than what you see below) since comment notifications in the email seem to only include parts of comments rather than the entire comment:

"This episode could of work if Finn and Jake were in it so PB can be more sorry about what happen, I'm just not into the fact that everyone has to go along with it even if she push everyone away. The problem I have is The relationships in this when a character does something wrong like PBs control freak stuff no one is in this and never talks to her about it and sure Marceline got an a Apology but not Finn and Jake and the worse thing is that PB locks up Finn and Jake in Apple Wedding... "

That one isn't nearly as bad as the worst ones were, in fact this one is really relatively quite mild (keep in mind this comment still kept on going for a while in that same manner).
He rambles/rants about highly-personal dislikes and gripes in multiple-comment screeds about how the TV show is not catering to his specific desires, and most of the stuff he brings up has barely any (if any at all) relation to the specific episode my video review was of to begin with - the guy goes on tangents left and right. And you would have to actually watch Adventure Time to get the details, but the guy has no comprehension whatsoever of how character development or character relations in works of fiction are crafted, so none of his comments come across at all like criticisms but rather as whining about why characters aren't doing what he wants them to do (and he has zero comprehension regarding characters having faults and flaws). There's just this really strong sense of whiny entitlement behind most of his rants (describing his comments as "full of sound and fury signifying nothing" would be a compliment).

And as I said, I tried responding to him and even having a conversation about how he could try to craft his thoughts in a more "sensible" way, but it was to no avail. I tried ignoring him, but if anything that led him to leaving more comments and even re-writing the same exact stuff across multiple videos.
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Lol, that was not easy to read and "digest" :p I can understand your pain.
To be honest I don't know how I would react as he just says random stuff. My first instinct is just to ignore and never read his comments probably... or go to the other extreme, where you just reply with a random thing as he said and make it funny for you at least :D
 
Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I describe them as "overbearing" (trying to be polite here :D ) They're not being blatantly rude. They're not trolling or insulting but they are very demanding and erm time-consuming. Whatever you do (ignore or reply) it gets worse lol. After a while, they start demanding (not asking) for specific topics for videos, your private email, skype etc etc. Like I said, very "overbearing". Your channel is growing quite well. Welcome to the dark side of getting popular lol.

(The broken English doesn't bother me though. Obviously not everyone's first language is English and that's totally fine.)
 
Safety Turtle said:
Have you tried asking him to rephrase or just be honest with him about his comments?
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Yup, I discussed it with him right when he first showed up to boot. Hell, at the end of that discussion I even declared I don't have common ground with any of his personal complaints and that I don't want to engage with him, but he continues addressing his rants at me despite not actually formulating a "real" conversation for months to come.

Really, the only thing he improved on was at first he split his rants into like 6 or 7 comments when they could have all fit into a couple (obviously I think you should just put it all into a single damn comment, but he claims there's a word limit when commenting through his tablet and I don't have the knowledge or care enough to confirm whether that's valid). He at least stopped doing that - originally he actually did that in response to other people's comments while addressing me and changing the topic when he should have started his own comment chain (again, this is super annoying for whomever made that initial comment and obviously they'd end up just using the mute button after seeing 6 notifications from the exact same person). That was the only small "victory" I got with time from the guy.
 
Personally I would have let him do his thing and reply ad best I could.

The only thing I would block would be if the same person asked for "sub for sub".
 
Crown said:
Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I describe them as "overbearing" (trying to be polite here :D ) They're not being blatantly rude. They're not trolling or insulting but they are very demanding and erm time-consuming. Whatever you do (ignore or reply) it gets worse lol.
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Exactly! What a far more succinct and better explanation than my sorry excuse at trying to describe it!

Crown said:
After a while, they start demanding (not asking) for specific topics for videos, your private email, skype etc etc.
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Geez I'm so glad it hadn't gotten to that point yet with this guy...

Crown said:
Your channel is growing quite well. Welcome to the dark side of getting popular lol.
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Uncivilized Elk said:
Geez I'm so glad it hadn't gotten to that point yet with this guy...
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Yeah they're overstepping the boundaries. A creator shouldn't be made to feel that they have to justify themselves or their content in the comments. The viewers aren't their boss or a customer. When you start getting comments like that, it's becoming obsessive and it's going well beyond "engaging with one's audience." If one view (of say tens of thousands per day - so less than 0.1%) is taking up say 5% of your time, then it's a problem and it's not sustainable.
 
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