Genuinely - what is the purpose of commenting “first” on a video

I seriously need to understand what the purpose of it is. Is there some sort of thing it does to the algorithm? Is it literally just some dumb internet thing that happens?

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No-Sort-107311 months ago1

There is no purpose to anything. Now you never have to wonder.

one_fat_cat66611 months ago1

Probably a trend that bots started to increase comments

SutchCityGuard11 months ago1

Attention seekers I’d imagine.

RoyalPresentation84111 months ago1

It’s been around a very long time. It’s like being a Reddit mod, admin on Twitch or anything similar. It means absolutely nothing to anyone except that person.

dondegroovily11 months ago1

It's a very old and very dumb trend. Here's an xkcd joke about it from back in 2012: https://xkcd.com/269/

If someone does it on one of my videos, I promptly delete the comment

DreadDiana11 months ago1

It serves no practical purpose, there are just a lot of people who like the idea of being the first person to comment on something and so will say "first" to mark their comment as the first comment made.

TemporarilySkittles11 months ago1

Eleventh!

idfuckinkno11 months ago1

For people who having nothing of value to add.

stoner-bug11 months ago1

Humans like to claim stuff ¯_(ツ)_/¯

4-Inch-Butthole-Club11 months ago1

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