Comment on YSK that YouTube shadow bans people (for a time) + implications to creators

• echo64@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  youtube doesn’t actually care if you comment, “engagement” is through sharing, and watching. that’s all youtube cares about for engagement. how many watch hours, how many adverts, how many click throughs on those adverts.

  also literally every large social network has shadow bans, it’s the only successful way to deal with unwanted elements. if you tell the unwanted element that they are banned, then they just go make a new account.

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  • zeograd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Actually, it seems like engagement is through any kind of interaction, commenting, upvoting, even downvoting, are used to boost a video visibility, because, as you say, their ultimate goal is maximizing money from ads.

    OP is right to support creators via comments.

    Note also that YouTube has automatic filters for comments, which will remain visible for its author only, but the creator can also shadowban someone from their channel.

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    • echo64@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “actually”, not it doesn’t. that’s the old youtube logic. now youtube actively buries any kind of engagement like comments or liking, it’s not useful. youtube does not care about who is leaving comments or not, and leaving comments itself is highly susceptible to bots.

      again, all youtube cares about is about watch time, and if you share something with someone else as that leads to more watch time. people arguing in the comments has zero relevance on how many ads people see.

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• SaakoPaahtaa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Probably shouldnt. Youtube comments are rightful Serbian soil and should be treated as such

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  • Candelestine@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This comment is hilarious, and it being downvoted is sad.

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  • Haus@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Remove kommentkebab!

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• Pratai@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Commenting isn’t support. Not sure if you know that. see, I’m commenting on your post- this is not support.

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• BilboBargains@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I like adverts and hammering nails into my head.

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  • ruk_n_rul@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “I only watch trashy scumbag creators and not nice ones who actually struggles when engagements really fluctuates on a whim. I also have never been on the other side to emphatize with them.”

    It’s like Reddit. If you only consume trash the algo gives you you’re not using it right.

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    • BilboBargains@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Article one, an electronics expert performs a circuit analysis.

      Article two, a philosopher performs a societal analysis

      Which one of these is ‘doing it right’?

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• Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Then you would not comment on their videos, and the whole thought of “supporting” them via watching their videos is questionable but at least there’s some direct, material, merit to that.

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