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I saw no thread for it, which led me to think that I should start one, so... tada, I guess?


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Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 16th 2024 at 1:55:14 PM

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
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#5601: Jan 19th 2020 at 10:36:45 AM

I always said the "block channel" option was BS.

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#5602: Jan 19th 2020 at 11:35:57 AM

That's how I discovered Numberphile, which led me to ApAndAtom, Physics Girl, and PBS SpaceTime, so it worked out for me.

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MrTerrorist Since: Aug, 2009
#5603: Jan 20th 2020 at 6:51:21 AM

So I just learned that all youtube videos for kids will no longer have comments. Kinda sad since I enjoyed some comments (the ones that aren't horrible) like how everyone is excited for Owl House or love the Duck Tales reboot. I also noticed if you minimize a kids video on the You Tube app when searching for another video, the app will immediately pause it which is rather inconvenient especially if the video was a song.

Because of this sudden change, it finally made me rate my videos on my channel whether it's for kids or adults rather than leave it in a state of limbo.

Of course, I'm sure youtube is gonna screw me over a game trailer I uploaded which they think is for kids since it looks like a cartoon when said trailer is about a sexually frustrated bisexual bartender who lives in dystopian cyberpunk city crossover with private military company androids who fight rogue androids who are trying to kill all humans, Russian Special Forces, Zombies and a techno cult of cyborgs.

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#5604: Jan 20th 2020 at 7:46:37 AM

So does this enforced ratings affect whether or not your video can be viewed at all, or is it just regarding ads? Because I never run ads.

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Mullon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
#5605: Jan 20th 2020 at 3:50:10 PM

I wonder if content creators can unionize.

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KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#5606: Jan 20th 2020 at 9:06:14 PM

It's theoretically possible, but they would need the highest level creators to join. Even if Pew Die Pie left entirely the ad money he made for You Tube would filter to others. You would need upwards of 100 million dollars worth of content creators to make enough of a dent in You Tube traffic to get noticed. If the middle-tier creator income is less than 40 thousand a year, that's a lot of people you need to sign on.

Unions in Hollywood only got started because the big name stars went independent from the studios and used their clout to get negotiations going.

Edited by KJMackley on Jan 20th 2020 at 9:08:39 AM

BrightLight from the Southern Water Tribe. Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#5607: Jan 21st 2020 at 1:14:53 AM

For those who were wondering, the "blocking channels" option only prevents the users of said channels from commenting on your videos and communicating with you.

It doesn't block them from your sight.

Edited by BrightLight on Jan 21st 2020 at 10:15:10 PM

Adannor (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5608: Jan 21st 2020 at 2:05:35 AM

No, that's a different thing. That's just a regular social platform block. There was a specific "do not recommend me videos from this channel" option. Now it's just "I already seen it" and "I don't like this video", without ability to remove the entire channel.

MABfan11 from Remnant Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
#5609: Jan 21st 2020 at 4:40:39 AM

not to mention that their algorithm is still rather shit. if you watch tons of Breadtube videos, you'll still get alt-right and alt-lite videos recommended to you

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Lyendith Since: Mar, 2011
#5610: Jan 21st 2020 at 5:40:36 AM

Well, that can make sense if the goal is to recommend you videos out of your "comfort zone", because only recommending you stuff you already like creates its own problems.

I doubt that's really part of YT's concerns though.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#5611: Jan 21st 2020 at 5:46:37 AM

Anybody else getting inundated with "kid" videos from Ryan's World?

I'm on this video right now and my recommended is full of it.

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#5612: Jan 21st 2020 at 6:35:35 AM

Now it's just "I already seen it" and "I don't like this video", without ability to remove the entire channel.

Dunno what you're going on about. It's still there.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/capture_258.PNG

Also still works on the latest version of the mobile app on Android

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20200121_093808.png

Edited by Ghilz on Jan 21st 2020 at 9:43:07 AM

Adannor (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#5613: Jan 21st 2020 at 6:57:07 AM

Yep, that's the button. I've even posted screenshots of it before as a demonstration.

Edit: Or rather as I check now, maybe a related button in the tell us why section. Either way it's gone now.

Edited by Adannor on Jan 21st 2020 at 7:09:08 PM

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#5614: Jan 21st 2020 at 10:10:51 PM

I've been weirdly obsessed with horror game reviews lately, and The Sphere Hunter and Nitro Rad have charmed me.

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  • Nitro Rad

Edited by Soble on Jan 22nd 2020 at 7:25:03 AM

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#5615: Jan 21st 2020 at 10:17:00 PM

Sweet salty christ no

Of course I start listening to Pogo and his account gets hacked

when did that happened

A few weeks ago, I think. It's on his twitter. He posted something about youtube trying to fix it and how it's 13 years going to waste.

Like. Nobody ever hacks Pewdiepie or any of the big-name channels where you could do some real damage. No, let's hack a random music channel and destroy 13 years of content.

Because f-ck everybody else.

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#5616: Jan 21st 2020 at 11:32:36 PM

People certainly will have tried to back big name channels, but unless You Tube is reporting a huge security breach (which it isn’t) than this hack will have been caused by a security fail at the user end, small name YouTubers are more likely to not have their user-end security where it needs to be.

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#5617: Jan 22nd 2020 at 6:22:36 AM

Pogo is a homophobe,I wouldn't be surprised if hack was his attempt at playing a victim

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ain't nothin' but a party y'all
#5618: Jan 22nd 2020 at 6:29:59 AM

That'd be kinda contrived. It's perfectly plausible that he's a sexist asshole whose channel was hacked. More "couldn't have happened to a nicer guy" than "orchestrated self-victimization attempt".

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#5619: Jan 22nd 2020 at 6:37:01 AM

Markiplier was hacked once so not even big names are safe.

It can happen to anyone really. Although lately smaller channels tend to be hacked by total randoes

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Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#5620: Jan 22nd 2020 at 6:48:54 AM

[up][up]I wish I could completely agree with you but sadly I have seen youtubers fake getting beaten up at the very least via using very obvious make up.

The absolute worst example I have seen of someone faking something for publicity was these two brothers whom I do not remember the names of and don't care to remember the names whom faked one of them dying from cancer which was ridiculously disrespectful I don't even know where to fucking begin.

Their is this whole side of youtube filled with shit like this where some young white kids do dangerously stupid, obvious scams, or doing absolutely horrible and disrespectful things to get views. I think the Paul brothers started this genre of awful youtubers but I am not quite sure.

That side of youtube pisses me off so much I avoid it entirely. People like that make it so the people whom pop up on youtube that actually got beaten or are suffering from debilitating illness of any kind get disparaged and called fakes even when they aren't. I will never understand how fucked in the brain you'd have to be to fake being a victim of cancer just for the money but I don't think I ever want to understand what goes through those shitty people's heads.

Edited by Wispy on Jan 22nd 2020 at 6:50:18 AM

PhysicalStamina ain't nothin' but a party y'all (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
ain't nothin' but a party y'all
#5621: Jan 22nd 2020 at 7:03:48 AM

Eh, I don't think even Pogo would be so stupid as to completely torpedo his career and whatever good name he has left.

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MrTerrorist Since: Aug, 2009
#5622: Jan 24th 2020 at 9:45:59 PM

I just realized since kids videos on You Tube will no longer run ads, that means many kids videos of questionable quality have lost their source of income unless their being sponsored.

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#5623: Jan 24th 2020 at 9:46:34 PM

...and this is a bad thing?

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#5624: Jan 25th 2020 at 4:14:53 AM

[up] I don't think that's what their post implies.

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#5625: Jan 25th 2020 at 7:18:37 AM

Wait they can’t run ads? I thought they just couldn’t run ads that harvest the personal data of all the people watching them. Now that’s the most profitable youtube ads so it will still hurt their bottom line, but I don’t think it’s a total loss of revenue.

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