Ever wondered what a highlighted comment on YouTube means or wished your comment gets highlighted too? This article teaches you everything you need to know about this YouTube feature. Show To make this article comprehensive, I will start with an overview of a highlighted comment on YouTube. Then, I will explain how this YouTube comment feature works. In section three, you’ll get to learn about the features of a highlighted comment on YouTube. Later on, you will learn the pros and cons of this YouTube feature. Moreover, a section towards the end of this article answers some of the most asked questions regarding YouTube highlighted comment.
When you view comments on a YouTube post with a phone or computer, you may see the phrase “Highlighted comment”. This tag appears above a specific comment or comment reply. In the last sentence, I hinted that a YouTube “Highlighted comment” appears above the comment or a reply. It is important to clarify that while a “Highlighted comment” is displayed above the comment, a “Highlighted reply” is displayed above a reply. The purpose of highlighting a comment is to differentiate the comment from the other comments. So, a highlighted comment on YouTube is not too complex. YouTube only uses this feature to draw your attention to comments. By drawing your attention to the specific comment, you can easily differentiate the comment from the numerous comments in the YouTube video. In the subsequent section, you’ll learn why this is useful. How then does YouTube determine which comment to highlight? Let’s see how it works in the next section. If you comment on a YouTube post and someone “likes/replies” your comment, YouTube will notify you through email. Then, if you click on the email notification to view the reaction, YouTube may highlight that comment automatically. Moreover, if you upload a video on YouTube and someone else comments on your post, you’ll get a notification via email. Opening the notification to view the comment on your own post can turn the comment into a highlighted comment. However, as I stated earlier, if YouTube highlights your own reply to a comment, it will tag your reply as “Highlighted reply”. On the contrary, if it highlights someone’s comment on your post, it will tag the comment “Highlighted comment”. Just as highlighting a comment is an automatic process, so also is the process of unhighlighting a comment. When you’re done interacting with the comment, YouTube removes the highlight from a comment. However, there are certain activities you can intentionally carry out to make YouTube unhighlight a comment. For example, you can edit the video’s URL and remove the comment ID with a highlight. You will learn more about how to do this in this guide’s “Frequently Asked Question” section. So far, we’ve had an overview of comment highlighting on YouTube. Moreover, the previous section is a concise but comprehensive explanation of how this technology works. Now, this section discusses the main characteristics of this YouTube comment feature. YouTube highlights a comment on a post due to your actions- opening comment from an email notification. Thus, YouTube doesn’t highlight a comment because you or another person wants it to do so. This implies that the comment which carries the highlight on a YouTube page can change. It Is Visible To Only The Owner Of The PostThe “Highlighted Comment” tag, displayed on top of the comment is only visible to the owner of the post. In other words, only the person who opened a comment via the email notification link can see it as a highlighted comment. Highlighted Comments Benefit YouTube Creators And Users/ViewersA viewer’s comment on a post can merit the highlight tag. Such a viewer will only receive notifications from YouTube when someone replies to his comment. Similarly, if a YouTube creator opens a comment notification from his YouTube studio (backend), he can easily see the comment he opened. This makes it easy to interact with the specific comment. A highlight disappears after your interaction with the tagged comment. However, YouTube reloads the “highlighted comment” tag when you open the comment from a YouTube email notification again. This does not imply that you can remove the “Highlighted comment” tag whenever you wish to do so. That’s because YouTube automates the process of comment highlighting. Otherwise, you will have to change the URL of the video with the comment highlight. Think of the life span of a highlighted comment this way. New Facebook notifications have light Cyan color, which turns white after opening them. Though they are not the same, they are similar to some extent. After interacting with a highlighted comment (by closing the page), it disappears. Specifically, when you open the YouTube page directly (not from the notification link), the previously “highlighted comment” tag disappears. Having said all these about this YouTube technology, one may wonder if this technology is beneficial. Undeniably, this YouTube feature is beneficial. I briefly mentioned some of its benefits in this guide’s “Features Of The Technology” section. Now, we will dive fully into its pros and cons.
1. What Is A Highlighted Comment On YouTube? When you open a YouTube comment from a YouTube email notification, it will display the “highlighted comment” tag. Similarly, if you receive a notification about a comment reply and you open the comment from the email link, YouTube will display the “Highlighted reply” tag on top of the comment reply. 2. Are All Comments On YouTube Highlighted? Absolutely not. It is comments opened via an email notification link that is usually highlighted. 3. What Does A Pinned Comment Mean On YouTube? Pinning a comment moves the comment to the top of the comment section. This makes it the first comment that viewers will see when they visit the comment section of a particular post. You can pin your own comment on your post or a comment from a viewer on your post. However, you cannot pin your comment on someone’s else post – only the owner of the post has the permission to do that. 4. Is It Good To Get HighIighted Comments On YouTube? Yes, it is. This is because it makes it easy for you to identify the comment you opened via an email notification link. 5. What Happens If A Comment On YouTube Is HighIighted? When a comment on YouTube is highlighted, it displays the “Highlighted Comment” tag at the top of such a comment. Hence, it will be easier to differentiate the comment from other comments. 6. How Does A YouTube Comment Get Highlighted? If you post a video on YouTube and someone comments on your post, YouTube will notify you through email with a link. Hence, if you click on the email notification link to view the comment, YouTube highlights the comment automatically. The same thing happens when you comment on a post, and someone else replies to your comment. YouTube will notify you of the reaction via email notification – viewing the reply through the notification link will highlight it. 7. How Do I Undo A Highlighted Comment On YouTube? YouTube creates a special URL for your video post every time it highlights a comment on the post. This special URL comprises the URL of the video and the URL of the comment. Normally, YouTube itself removes the highlight on the comment when you’re done interacting with it. However, there are certain actions you can take to remove the highlight. For example, the original URL of a post could be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmhjP3jhpmQA. When it gets a highlighted comment, the URL may change to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmhjP3jhpmQA&lc=Ugya-89WYAlutJurKGh4AaABAg. The additional part starting from “&lc” points is the URL of the highlighted comment. So, to undo the highlight, you have to remove the part of the URL starting from “&lc”. 8. Does YouTube Notify You When Someone Replies To Your Comment? Yes, YouTube notifies you when someone replies to your comment. However, if you don’t get such notifications, it may be that you didn’t turn it on in your account settings. To turn on notifications for replies to your comments on YouTube, follow the steps below. i. Sign in to your YouTube account. 9. What Does It Mean When Someone Likes Your Comment On YouTube? When someone likes your comment, it implies that it is relevant from the person’s perspective. In some cases, it may be that the person finds your comment interesting, funny, or even encouraging. 10. How Do I Get My Comment HighIighted On YouTube? Replying to a comment does not necessarily make your comment highlighted. Instead, the comment has to be opened from the email notification link of the YouTube creator. To possibly attract the creator’s interest, you need to examine other comments on the post first. Then, add what you think is missing in all the comments, and construct yours in a concise way. This way, the YouTube creator would want to open your comment straight from the email notification. By doing so, it will give your comment the highlighted comment tag. All things considered, a highlighted comment on YouTube can be helpful. However, its benefits do not come in direct ways. Nevertheless, it helps you locate the comment you opened from an email notification easily. Hence, only comments that are opened from an email notification link can be a highlighted comment. Besides, replies to a comment can also be highlighted. However, as with comments, only replies opened from an email notification link can be highlighted. I hope this article answered the question, “what is a highlighted comment on YouTube”? I also hope you found it helpful. If you did, kindly spare 2 minutes to share your experience with our community at Itechguides Community Forum. You could also ask a question, leave a comment or provide feedback at Itechguides Community Forum. Our team and other community members will get back to you with a response as soon as possible. Finally, for more articles like this, visit our Google & YouTube Explained page. References And Further Reading
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