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Post by crul on Mar 17, 2018 12:31:14 GMT
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Post by jorddalord5 on Mar 18, 2018 3:17:28 GMT
issue: People being censored because it is a criticism towards YouTube
effect: people arent able to find out about the problems on YT, apart from this comment section and some videos.
solution: don't silence people!
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Post by shoptheinsanity on Apr 1, 2018 2:49:59 GMT
Issue: Lack of communication from YouTube when administrative action (flags, bans, de-monetization of videos, et cetra) happens.
Effect: People don't know why they're on the receiving end. Good YouTubers are left wondering what they did wrong, while bad YouTubers have an "out" for ignoring their own misdeeds.
Solution: Every time an action is taken against someone, a YouTube employee has a set time limit to fire off a message to that person affected explaining why, or the action against them is automatically undone.
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John Becket
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Post by John Becket on Apr 1, 2018 3:14:39 GMT
Sorry for not following format, however, this post is slightly different and is targeted at numerous problems people are experiencing already, rather than a new one. So I had been working on a YT "app" sort of thing, that effectively nulls some of the issues faced by end users, however, would not so much address the issues faced by content creators getting views (to any reasonable extent with it's current user base).
The app is hosted on a website, it basically utilises the YT Data API, and a web crawler built in PHP, to harvest all channels by category from YT, and display them in a less biased way (alphabetically by default, with an option to sort by local views rather than YT's recommended system).
It also harvests current live streams to the same effect, removing the ratings and just displaying the content. Users can still view a channel's stats once already viewing the channel's profile, however, they are not openly displayed in the main directories in a way that promotes such a bias method - as YT itself does.
There is also a section where anyone can add a YT channel to the manual "User Channels" index, this section is prioritised by the app for crawling, checking for live streams more often and displaying the latest videos from the channels in this index, as the home page, giving anyone that adds their channel - a fair and unbiased chance at the main page showcase etc.
Moreover, I've just finished working on a separate section of it, that allows anyone to directly access an automatically generated, embed-able profile page for any channel - just by appending their YT channel ID to to the link. This has two notable benefits, firstly, these profiles can be embedded in to any website (YT doesn't make this very easy to do), or linked to etc - they are also updated more often if people view them. These channels are rated against each other, however, it clearly shows the bias and the actual scale of the gap between a new channel, and a channel for example, like PewDiePie's - with some 61,800,733 subs, 17,449,602,974 views and 3,458 videos! Ridiculous haha... I've written the script to give the channels a rating - I've dubbed "Creator Level" - which is calculated objectively based on the channel's stats (however accurate that may be as provided by YT).
There's also a forum if there is something to be posted that would not be suited for this forums (off topic for the movement etc).
I won't post any links as it's in my signature and don't know if that sort of thing is acceptable lol!
Again, sorry OP for not following format, I think this thread has a lot of value to identify the most commonly faced issues, for us to work forward with an action to address them. I just read some of the comments and thought to my self - my app kinda addresses that! Plug! Lol.
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bla
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Post by bla on Jun 1, 2018 19:11:58 GMT
issue: Advertisers get to select video categories for their ads. Creators cannot choose ad categories for their videos. effect: Apparently youtube is showing anti-gay ads on LGBTQ+ videos. Since i'm not subscribed to these channels myself, here is my source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC3OOXD_2MAsolution: If you have to do this, at least make it a two way street.
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Post by bones0 on Jun 13, 2018 12:33:07 GMT
Youtube is addressing some issues in ther "creator insider"-channel. This one for example. youtu.be/9D7_0JPppfY (I guess you already know that channel but I could not find it in a quick forum search)
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Post by mersharr on Nov 6, 2018 10:20:48 GMT
Issue: "Shadow Banning" Effect: certain comments are not shown to anyone but the author, without notifying them about this
Note that the solution provided in the linked forum did not work for me (I tried to make the same reply to the first comment in the chain instead and it was still held) and my comment has no politically charged words in it that could trigger a censor bot
Potential solution: Notify users if their comments are held/censored and why. Include the possibility to request a review.
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lp
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Post by lp on Aug 11, 2019 12:17:37 GMT
I said this in a Facebook comment. It probably happens to my personal channel. I deleted a lot of videos early this year because I 'moved' them to another (fan) channel and I have a lot of watch time from those deleted videos. Later on my personal channel got demonetized, and I reapplied, that was in April 2019. Still in review..
I found this sentence in the YouTube FAQ about the monetization process:
"If you have deleted a substantial number of videos or have a lot of watch time from private videos, then you won’t be reviewed at this time. Switch your private videos to public. It may look like you’re eligible for a review, even when you’re not. We know this is confusing."
It's all wrong. You can't un-delete videos, and YouTube forces you to make private videos public (they are private for a reason!). Also, if you have deleted videos with many views, you're screwed. You have to wait months or years! to get your analytics watch time down. Even if you meet all eligibility requirements. They just leave you hanging.
I see around me people/youtubers delete videos because they think that's probably the reason for their demonetization, but than they face this problem.
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catma
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Post by catma on Aug 22, 2019 11:42:35 GMT
Issue: bells becoming "unrung" and being forcibly unsubscribed from creators and/or not being allowed to unsubscribe form some creators Effect: videos aren't getting views and subscriber counts are artificially lowered or inflated Example (if available): Plenty given in the Facebook group and I made a separate thread asking for incidents. But to be specific my husband has been repeatedly unsubscribed from Daym Drops and re-subscribed to Epic Meal Time. Potential solution: I'd like to start logging these incidents if possible to see if there is a pattern. Basically all I'd need is the channel you were unsubbed from and some kind of identification (name, nickname, username, string of numbers) something I can associate with YOU for logging purposes. A rough date of discovery also couldn't hurt. I have a thread about this:
we'll need a browser addon to track the phenomenon across many users for patterns. Youtube will be forced to reply if you have precise graphs and some data patterns.
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Post by rawflesh0615 on Jun 11, 2020 3:32:57 GMT
There were numbers of videos who keep ranting and insulting about the YouTuber Union who calling them with bad names without any solutions how to overcome this bad situation. All they kept labeling it as failure, flawed, or any other bad names to our organization without any strong reason. Most of the YouTubers that you viewed them were ranters, and fearful victims who cannot handle deal for themselves. They said stated that both Google and YouTube were powerful corrupted and their unstoppable. But their rants were getting both annoying, irradiated, and destroying themselves for not helping the solutions. It's kinda sad for seeing them like this. These are the videos that I found on YouTube what other people felt YouTuber Union, but these folks are rumormongers who cannot keep themselves control. Listen carefully: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v8p181iloUwww.youtube.com/watch?v=vZf9lIkCIpUI'm not in position turned back against the YouTuber Union, or discrediting Joreg works. But what I felt that most of these people are either victimized by themselves or staying foolish. But I felt sorry how they felt, and their mind feels so loneless. I do not argue and whine about YouTuber Union, that's not my goal. The only reason is for me is to wait and see what will happened next. I know that YouTube is being corrupted, and I don't think it would fall or not. Fellows, what's your thoughts on these two videos, and what solutions can we fight?
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Post by bones0 on Oct 7, 2020 18:32:43 GMT
Issue: Suddenly can't edit any video description containing URLs anymore Effect: All text in old descriptions already containing a valid URL gets reverted instead of saved. In new descriptions URLs can't be added. They get reverted when I hit save.
Possible Solution
I already sent feedbacks to Youtube and opened a Thread on Twitter mentioning TeamYoutube. We'll see if it helps. Then it will become clear if it's a strategy to make sure nobody can make money anymore through other ways than the YPP or if it's really just a glitch in the anti-spam-system.
Oct. 07. 2020
UPDATE: The problem exists in all desktop browsers I tried but not (currently) in the Android Youtube Studio App.
UPDATE: I did not hear anything back from the support, but it somehow got fixed. I just hope it will not come back in a few months.
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