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Does YouTube block mentions of uBlock Origin or Sponsorblock in comments?

I was trying to give pointers to people in comments but it seems whenever I wrote uBlock Origin, “u B lock”, SponsorBlock or “S p onSor Block” (without quotes) the comment would vanish within first minute.

Is this happening only to me/on this one specific video (in Czech, don’t want to link because I don’t agree with the points they said, though it was video about the adblock blocking of YT)?

Automated_Handprint ,

YouTubers can block specific words from comments.

Everyone here started to blame YouTube for this, ignoring that you said it was only on one video. Just because YouTube is getting shitty doesn’t mean that we should change the facts.

soggy_kitty ,

If you’re not aware YouTube has heavy comment filters which use NLP in a heavy handed way to remove “negative” comments.

YouTube comments are genuinely worth nothing anymore because they’re cherry picked by software

sviper ,

Also the creator can remove the comments he wants.

Blueneonz ,

It’s a problem with all types of comments being flagged as spam and other things while others are not. Wouldn’t doubt this is actual erasure on YouTube’s part. Could replace some letters with emoji letters. Another is to write, copy and paste from a website that transforms the words into “aesthetic” fonts, many spam bots do this to keep their comments up.

Bear_with_a_hammer ,

My PeerTube comment was banned = shadowbanned, I didn’t say anything wrong, just how it decentrilizes the Internet, keep in mind, all the others were not, not Osyssee, not Gab, not Rumble… so yes, it will.

Selmafudd ,

Even if you get passed their filter probably a few knobs gonna report your comment too

atlasraven31 ,

I’ve mentioned SponsorBlock and it stayed up.

Faceman2K23 ,
@Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

there is some evidence of shadowbanning, where your comment isnt removed and you can still see it, but it is hidden from others.

astramist ,
@astramist@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Yeah.

The video author can enable a setting to analyze the comments. YouTube itself flags comments that it deems inappropriate. The author only chooses which videos to include this tweak and the level of strictness.

It is enabled by default.

Comments that may be spam, self-promotion, gibberish, and otherwise potentially inappropriate will automatically be held for review in YouTube Studio and will only be published if you approve them. If you want a higher level of protection for your channel, increasing strictness will increase the number of comments held for review.

FeelzGoodMan420 ,

They definitely block an absolute fuck ton of references. I had comments removed for simply saying the word Github.

Excrubulent ,
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I’ve had the word aliexpress get me a warning for “spam & scams”, and another very short comment got me a temporary ban. I have no idea why, maybe because it looked like fake engagement? I mentioned the phrase “youtube channel”. So strange.

I feel like I shouldn’t keep putting my energy onto that platform and am looking for a good peertube instance to start uploading to.

FeelzGoodMan420 ,

I think Google and Youtube are straight fucking buttcheeks. That’s all there is to it. I also hope that an alternative will arrive.

stormtrooper ,

I don’t comment on yt at all so I haven’t tried but that’s hilarious and frustrating. Every browser I run into I install ublock. Sometimes I install it on my friends’ browsers if they let me.

DetectiveSanity ,

Hats off to a wingman like yourself.

A compilation of people using uBlock for the first time would be hilarious

mateomaui ,

Would be surprised if they are not blocking those terms. Surprised pro-ad blocking videos stay up long enough to get any comments.

willya ,
@willya@lemmyf.uk avatar

Probably. I mean I would block it if I were them lol

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