What is the most toxic comment section on the internet?

Anonymous boards, replies from strangers, and one platform whose comments people learned to skip on sight.

1

YouTube

The comment section people learned to scroll past on principle.

2

X (Twitter)

Replies from strangers who were not part of the conversation.

3

4chan

Anonymous boards with no accounts and no memory.

4

Reddit

Depends entirely on which subreddit you wandered into.

5

Facebook

Local news posts where everyone uses their real name anyway.

6

Twitch chat

Thousands of messages a minute, mostly emotes and pile-ons.

7

TikTok

Comments that get more views than the video they're attached to.

8

Steam reviews

Review-bombing campaigns that have nothing to do with the game.

9

Instagram

Comment sections under celebrity posts, moderated by nobody in particular.

10

Amazon reviews

One-star ratings about the courier, attached to the product.

11

IMDb message boards

Shut down in 2017, and not many people asked for them back.

12

Hacker News

Politely worded certainty about fields nobody in the thread works in.

13

Yahoo Answers

Closed in 2021, remembered mostly for the questions.