FYI
After Sept. 18, you’ll no longer be able to send or receive direct messages on YouTube as we focus our efforts on public convo tools (comments, posts, etc).
You can still share what you’re watching w/ others via the Share icon below videos.
More→ https://yt.be/help/9Hns
except when you disable comments for a channel because it is a danger to kids and pedophiles even though there are no children on said channel. and of course you cant even get an honest answer as to why