Youtube has some serious issues...

Youtube has some big problems and I'm glad people are talking about it

[CoryxKenshin]

Legendary, thanks for speaking on this man truly.

[theRadBrad]

This needs to change. Made respect for speaking about it. I second guess every video now too.

[Mariana-xkbp]

Without their creators, YouTube is nothing. When it comes to these sorts of symbiotic relationships, transparency is necessary.

[Paytonbaeton]

As a small creator that got my entire channel demonetized and see other people that make similar content to me still posting freely and monetizing… this message is so important for upcoming creators YouTube’s system is so unfair it needs to be talked about more

[Leonhart]

Agreed, also the bots are a massive problem

[HODelirious]

I think YouTube should give you the chance to edit out what they don’t like on the video. I’ve received info and time stamps on why some of my own videos have been age restricted which was stuff like my thumbnail or excessive cursing. But they kept them age restricted and didn’t give me a chance to clip it out or change thumbnail.

When you get flagged for copyright music you get a chance to edit it out or mute it.

[almightydoomgoose]

at some point, its gonna become the feeling of “why even take the risk” because of how youtube cant communicate properly with the people that make it it what it is

[SuperHorrorBro]

This video echoes my own experiences the past 3-4 months. Lots of videos getting limited or age restricted completely. It's made me far more cautious about which games I can cover safely on the platform and the kind of content I can produce. It's demotivating that's for sure. Hopefully we can get some better transparency from Youtube and perhaps they can take a second look at how they handle content - especially fictional stuff like videogames. Cheers for speaking up on this Seán.

[RickleVR]

Favoritism is really prominent on this platform. I’ve had multiple creators have their videos re-monetized after using the YouTube editor the remove “guideline breaking” parts of the video. But when I did it, YouTube support told me i wasn’t allowed to do that and fully demonetized my videos.

[GroupNebula]

with the current sniperwolf situation, I can say this video has aged like a fine wine

[markwedge]

The problem with censorship is that it is always subjective. Youtube getting bad press is exactly what it deserves.

[ganstamonke]

I'm so glad ever since cory spoke up everyone is coming together to talk about this, YouTube is destroying itself.

[ChrisTitusTech]

It's actually a bit weirder. Here is what happens at YouTube and why they won't tell you anything:
- Each Creator is actually assigned a hidden "grade" which specifies how safe for ads they are.
- There is a global algo list of words that trigger immediate flags. Certain words and slang used will have higher chances of triggering the flag.
I've tested this extensively as I just do tech content, but I was intrigued by it when I had a video get flagged as my content is about as safe as you can get.

So why doesn't YouTube tell everyone this?
- The words that trigger the immediate flag could come off as discrimination of many minority groups and is how the entire algo is built to protect the younger audience.
- If everyone knew their "grade" then it could be argued in court that YouTube willfully sensors content and can control the content on their platform. This has massive legal ramifications that could hold Alphabet "Google" liable for the content hosted here.

This is why we are left in the dark and why they can't tell us much.

[theinsultingfrenchman]

You know the YouTube problem is getting serious when Jacksepticeye has to speak up...

[gooseygoose]

Just realized that ever since this video I haven’t been recommended your stuff. No wonder I haven’t seen your videos in my feed, I think this just confirms it. Shape up YouTube.

[robot]

The keeping kids safe thing should be pretty easy given that THERE’S AN ENTIRE DIFFERENT APP CALLED YOUTUBE KIDS

[rinas]

It's nice to see that the community's are coming together to talk about the issues that are on the site.

[angel]

I'm genuinely wondering YouTube will actually change something now that people with larger platforms are talking about it. I'm so glad you're using your voice to raise awareness to this problem, I hope other people follow suit to yours as well.

[snoopyddweed]

I like how all of the big YouTube channels decided to stand together for this one that is awesome

[alextremo]

I love that Cory’s message is spreading like wildfire