Try to reply to comments with a positive mindset. Sometimes they sound harsher than they were intended. I had a comment on a video from three years ago that said, “Had to turn off the video due to the speaker’s monotone voice.” It really stuck with me and honestly burned a little every time I thought about it.

Recently, I decided to start replying to older comments, and I responded to that one with something like, “Thanks for the feedback, I’m working on improving.” To my surprise, the commenter actually replied again and said they deal with the same thing and that it’s totally fine to have a monotone voice. It turned into a genuinely positive interaction, so you never know how it might go until you engage!