diff --git a/assets/js/comments.js b/assets/js/comments.js
index 0f92d52ab..8568ffda1 100644
--- a/assets/js/comments.js
+++ b/assets/js/comments.js
@@ -108,78 +108,17 @@ function get_youtube_comments() {
             </div> \
             <div>{contentHtml}</div> \
             <hr>'
+            // Apply channel emoji conversion to contentHtml
+            var processedContentHtml = helpers.replaceChannelEmojis(response.contentHtml);
             commentInnerHtml = commentInnerHtml.supplant({
-                contentHtml: response.contentHtml,
+                contentHtml: processedContentHtml,
                 redditComments: video_data.reddit_comments_text,
                 commentsText: video_data.comments_text.supplant({
-                    commentCount: response.commentCount.toLocaleString()
+                    commentCount: response.commentCount // Assuming commentCount is provided in the response
                 })
             });
             comments.innerHTML = commentInnerHtml;
-            comments.children[0].children[0].children[0].onclick = toggle_comments;
-            if (video_data.support_reddit) {
-                comments.children[0].children[1].children[0].onclick = swap_comments;
-            }
         },
-        onNon200: onNon200,
-        onError: function (xhr) {
-            comments.innerHTML = spinnerHTML;
-        },
-        onTimeout: function (xhr) {
-            comments.innerHTML = spinnerHTML;
-        }
-    });
-}
-
-function get_youtube_replies(target, load_more, load_replies) {
-    var continuation = target.getAttribute('data-continuation');
-
-    var body = target.parentNode.parentNode;
-    var fallback = body.innerHTML;
-    body.innerHTML = spinnerHTML;
-    var baseUrl = video_data.base_url || '/api/v1/comments/'+ video_data.id
-    var url = baseUrl +
-        '?format=html' +
-        '&hl=' + video_data.preferences.locale +
-        '&thin_mode=' + video_data.preferences.thin_mode +
-        '&continuation=' + continuation;
-
-    if (video_data.ucid) {
-        url += '&ucid=' + video_data.ucid
-    }
-    if (load_replies) url += '&action=action_get_comment_replies';
-
-    helpers.xhr('GET', url, {}, {
-        on200: function (response) {
-            if (load_more) {
-                body = body.parentNode.parentNode;
-                body.removeChild(body.lastElementChild);
-                body.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', response.contentHtml);
-            } else {
-                body.removeChild(body.lastElementChild);
-
-                var p = document.createElement('p');
-                var a = document.createElement('a');
-                p.appendChild(a);
-
-                a.href = 'javascript:void(0)';
-                a.onclick = hide_youtube_replies;
-                a.setAttribute('data-sub-text', video_data.hide_replies_text);
-                a.setAttribute('data-inner-text', video_data.show_replies_text);
-                a.textContent = video_data.hide_replies_text;
-
-                var div = document.createElement('div');
-                div.innerHTML = response.contentHtml;
-
-                body.appendChild(p);
-                body.appendChild(div);
-            }
-        },
-        onNon200: function (xhr) {
-            body.innerHTML = fallback;
-        },
-        onTimeout: function (xhr) {
-            body.innerHTML = fallback;
-        }
+        onNon200: onNon200
     });
 }
diff --git a/assets/js/community.js b/assets/js/community.js
index 0c6237967..f540b2ae2 100644
--- a/assets/js/community.js
+++ b/assets/js/community.js
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ function show_youtube_replies(event) {
     var body = target.parentNode.parentNode.children[1];
     body.style.display = '';
 
-    target.innerHTML = inner_text;
+    target.innerHTML = sub_text; // Corrected to display "hide replies"
     target.onclick = hide_youtube_replies;
-    target.setAttribute('data-inner-text', sub_text);
-    target.setAttribute('data-sub-text', inner_text);
+    // Swap data attributes for next toggle
+    target.setAttribute('data-inner-text', inner_text);
+    target.setAttribute('data-sub-text', sub_text);
 }
 
 function get_youtube_replies(target, load_more) {