WAN SHOW! 22ND FEB YOUTUBE ALGORITHMS STRIKES AGAIN!!

[Deathdefyer]

Fellow Techies.

 

I know I haven't posted here in a while.... years even!

 

TECHTUBERS BEWARE!

I just had to post about this because I feel it warrants urgent attention. Particularly our community.

 

Just finished watching the latest WAN show and my brain hurt with the entire topic of YouTube and demonitiseing of "sexual content flagging" 

 

I am not sure how much of this can be proven at this stage but we are ALL familiar with the ever popular "Pokemon Go" app. 

 

Scrolling through my YouTube recommended tab and I stumbled across a video produced by the guy who runs "TrainerTips" channel ( A massive Pokemon Go community/let's play channel titled "YouTube DELETED my Pokemon Go Channel for SEXUAL CONTENT"

 

WTF!!!!!

Nicholas, posting from his alternative, personal channel. Not only did his video get flagged for " sexual content" and removed but it went way beyond and wait for it...  NOT ONLY DELETED SAID VIDEO, NOT HIS CHANNEL BUT HIS ENTIRE GOOGLE ACCOUNT.. WAIT... WHAT THE ACTUAL F**K YOUTUBE.

 

One theory, based on his subscribers was due to video titling including CP (combat power abrivation for pokemon go characters). Nicholas also states that fellow pokemon go based channels and other communities that use CP references eg Club Penguin etc.

 

If that is true then again WHAT THE F**K.

 

The ALGORITHM tweaking needs to be THOR HAMMERED. 

 

The main concern and my reasoning for bringing it to our Community attention. If CP is doing this? THEN WHAT ABOUT EVERY TECHTUBER UPLOADS VIDEOS INC CPU in the title too?

 

SCARY SH*T GUYS AND GIRLS.

 

PLEASE DISCUSS.

 

[TetraSky]

We know~ But hey, welcome back to the forum. 

[mxk]

 

[Deathdefyer]

Sorry guys. I did a forum search and it didn't resolve these topics. Sorry to post / repost this topic. I am just shell shocked. 

 

Holy fuck YouTube 

[TetraSky]

Just now, Deathdefyer said:

Sorry guys. I did a forum search and it didn't resolve these topics. Sorry to post / repost this topic. I am just shell shocked. 

 

Holy fuck YouTube 

No need to be sorry, it happens. It's not rare for people to lose their mind by the insanity Youtube is pulling these days.

[Deathdefyer]

It's CRAZY.. 

 

It is worrying if they DON'T sort the ALGORITHM soon.

 

Imagine the impact it would have to the tech community is "CP" is the cause.

 

All CPU related video content could be affected.

 

This could be a catastrophe.

[W-L]

As we have a news thread on this topic already let's keep discussion in one collective thread:

 

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