Comment is free: Why YouTube's paid Super Chat feature is a misstep

The beleaguered YouTube comments field, where consistent, terrible misuse of the English language is just about the best thing about it, took a sharp turn for the worse this week with the announcement that fans can now pay to pin a comment at the top of a creator’s live stream. Let’s be clear about this: there is not a single positive here for the user.
Speak to any creator worth their salt and they all say the same thing: the comments field is a horrible place,&n