The highlighted comment on YouTube is a fairly important element of the interface and user interaction. This means that the stuff you commented on that YouTuber’s video seems interesting or valuable to the creator.

What does a highlighted comment on YouTube mean

Nowadays, YouTube is really not only a simple service for watching various video content but also a kind of social network. It’s certainly not Facebook or Instagram with personal messages, but on YouTube, you can communicate and discuss the videos you watch in the comments section.

Comments on a YouTube channel are almost the most important indicator of the quality of the content that a YouTuber puts out. Naturally, comments are one of the ways to promote videos. Videos with a lot of comments will be at the top of search results. If you’re an avid YouTube user, you should be aware of the different types of comments and their meanings on the platform.

On YouTube, highlighted comments at a basic level should catch your attention first, so you can interact with the comment. It’s also important to understand that only you can see them because they aren’t public.

Here’s more information about highlighted comments on YouTube.

How do highlighted comments work on YouTube

YouTube can automatically highlight comments to make them easier to view. Whether you’re the creator of a video or a regular subscriber to a channel, you can highlight a comment by clicking on the timestamp next to it.

Also, if you leave a comment below a video and someone replies to you, you’ll get a notification either to your Gmail inbox or via YouTube that someone replied to your comment. When you click on the notification, the comment will appear as a highlighted comment. This works the same way for replies.

If you are a channel owner, highlighting can make it easier to reply to individual comments. Highlighted comments take precedence over pinned comments, meaning they even appear over pinned comments. In general, highlighted comments are only for ease of viewing, nothing more.

How to remove a highlighted comment on YouTube

If you highlight a comment, you can even see it above the attached comment. However, this feature doesn’t affect how others see the comment section. So, if you highlight a comment, it won’t be displayed to other people. YouTube implements this locally by creating a special URL. And no one but those who have access to that URL will be able to see your highlighted comment.

YouTube creates a special URL for you each time you highlight a comment. That way, to cancel the selection, you just need to restore the URL to its original form.

To remove your highlighted comment, simply remove the part starting with “&lc”.

The remaining bit will be the original video URL. Press “Enter” to reload the page.

When someone clicks on the comment timestamp and highlights a comment, the author of the comment is notified that their comment is highlighted. This way, if someone finds your comment valuable and decides to highlight it, you get a “Highlighted reply” message.

How to react to fights in comments on YouTube

It’s very unpleasant when a fight breaks out in comments on YouTube. Especially if the wave of negativity is directed at the author personally. It takes steel to keep your head up and answer correctly.

The main thing isn’t to give in to emotions and not to get into discussions in the heat of the moment. If you feel anger, rage, and injustice, and you feel a strong urge to pour it all out, then it’s better not to get involved in comments.

First, you need to calm down and take a deep breath in and out. In general, the main thing isn’t to give in to emotions and try to look at the situation objectively.

Also, try never to make excuses, because it’s a weak position. On the other hand, if you start erasing comments and banning, losing an argument, you will be remembered and no longer respected.