I am so sorry to hear about the your bad experiences of YouTube. I have only been on Video social media for 4 months now and have had a rather pleasant experience. The only rude comments I have gotten are from hater in my personal life who just feel the urge to attack me no matter in which way. The best way to handle them I have found is just to ignore them and say something nice in return so that they don't get any joy out of it.
I am also finding Steemit to be a rather friendly place with people actually upvoting some ofmy content- thank you! I have posted on Reddit before with absolutely nothing happening for weeks and now I just posted a few small posts to Steemit and I already have comments. Amazing.
Thank you to Steemit community and creators for making posts like these possible and turning nasty stories into nice ones :)
Ignoring them is for sure the best strategy and the only strategy they deserve. I'd say SUPER friendly instead of rather friendly ;)
True :)