Google: We Try To Understand Comment Sections But It Is Primary Content

Google's John Mueller said at the 3:16 mark into a webmaster hangout from December 13, 2019 that Google does try to understand the blog comments section of a page but at the same time would still categorize that section as primary content. We have covered many times how Google reacts to comments sections over the years and we've heard Google said they can help or hurt your site.