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In my experience, Youtube demonetizes based on metadata. So any tags/descriptions with keywords that YT views as “controversial” the system will demonetize rega

In my experience, Youtube demonetizes based on metadata. So any tags/descriptions with keywords that YT views as “controversial” the system will demonetize regardless of actual content in the video.

wybiral 9y ago
I uploaded a video yesterday that's already demonetized. It's part of a series to write an RSS feed reader in Python (specifically the part about adding static files to the server). Tags: python, rss, feedparser, feed reader, news aggregator, flask, css, static files It doesn't seem "controversial" to me.
- ocdtrekkie 9y ago
  Try without the word "news", perhaps?
- TheCoreh 9y ago
  Perhaps "news"?
- lettergram 9y ago
  I'm wondering if "flask" is getting flagged (as in relation to alcohol. Or news, because you know - "fake news"
  - wybiral 9y ago
    Maybe, but the series before that had nothing to do with flask or news. For instance a video in a series about writing a Go web app had these tags: golang, http, server, redis, gorilla mux, go-redis, web, application, tutorial, howto And it was demonetized. Every single video I've uploaded seems to have been until I request manual review (which takes a couple of days).
    - londons_explore 9y ago
      gorilla is a racist term... The algorithm doesn't understand context.
- kawsper 9y ago
  Do you know which excluded_ads labels it was tagged with?
  - wybiral 9y ago
    For the video I uploaded yesterday, in the source for the video I can see: "excluded_ads": "46=14_14; 59=14_14; 76=2_2_1,2_2_4; 102=1_1,1_3,2_1,2_3; 106=1_1,1_2_1,1_3,2_1,2_2_1,2_2_4,2_3,14_14,17_2_1,17_2_4" EDIT: This may just be the generic variable in their source code, I'm not sure how to get the value specific to my video.
  - deleted 9y ago
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- koolba 9y ago
  You should try making the same video with a parser written in Golang and see if that get's demonetized as well.
  - wybiral 9y ago
    The series before this one was about Golang and they all got demonetized too.
    - 1_2__4 9y ago
      I'm not sure which is funnier, his comment or your deadpan response.
- superflyguy 9y ago
  Feedp arse r maybe?
- burger_moon 9y ago
  What's a link to your channel? You've at least got me interested in checking it out.
  - wybiral 9y ago
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6tqFmkqznYJTzidBerHA8g https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6tqFmkqznYJTzidBerHA8g The video from yesterday (08 - CSS and static files) is still demonetized. If that gives you any context.
- nana_gb 9y ago
  I'm 99.9% sure it's nothing to do with your tags and everything to do with some sort of speech to text analysis google is doing on your video. In my case, I have a demonitized tutorial video on how to download and upgrade my software. I was a bit surprised since it was a basic boring screen share video. Nothing controversial either, until I looked at the auto generated close captioning. I said "Prosper202" but Google heard "pr0st!tut3" (I edited the actual word just in case HN also has auto block filters) But as you can see, it's obviously a not safe for brands keyword. I've manually fixed the closed captioning with the correct words, but as of now the video is still demonetized. So I think there's some sort of blacklist of words said in videos that will auto demonetize videos. In your case, after watching your video with closed captioning I notice you use the word "explicit" a lot in your video. Once again given the context, it's totally safe. But there's also a very unsafe context that I doubt google is willing to automatically monetize without some sort of manual review. (https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278?hl=en) You can request a manual review of the affected videos, but only if your video has 1000 views in the past 7 days. For most small channels wrongly flagged, there's no real fix (for the old video). The only real suggestion to test out is to not say explicit in your next video. I'm also interested in hearing from others with demonetized videos, that may be suffering from the same auto captioning and blacklisted words issue.
  - wybiral 9y ago
    That's a good point. I've seen my captioning be WAY off from what I actually said. But when I request a manual review the videos do seem to get monetized again within a few days... Even with less than 1000 views.
  - londons_explore 9y ago
    This is correct. Videos are demonetized mostly on a blacklist of bad words. Run text to speech on the video before upload (preferably upload the audio only on a test channel and download the captions), and edit out all words which have any negative connotation whatsoever. Beware - the blacklist contains a lot of words which are only bad in a certain language or a certain region or slang you might be unaware of. Use urban dictionary to find the bad words... It seems you can let a few slip through, but if a bad word appears too many times, it causes demonetization.
- siruncledrew 9y ago
  With "flask", "python", and "feed" the NLP is assuming you are some kind of alcoholic snake wrangler?

wybiral 9y ago

I uploaded a video yesterday that's already demonetized. It's part of a series to write an RSS feed reader in Python (specifically the part about adding static files to the server). Tags: python, rss, feedparser, feed reader, news aggregator, flask, css, static files It doesn't seem "controversial" to me.

ocdtrekkie 9y ago
Try without the word "news", perhaps?
TheCoreh 9y ago
Perhaps "news"?
lettergram 9y ago
I'm wondering if "flask" is getting flagged (as in relation to alcohol. Or news, because you know - "fake news"
- wybiral 9y ago
  Maybe, but the series before that had nothing to do with flask or news. For instance a video in a series about writing a Go web app had these tags: golang, http, server, redis, gorilla mux, go-redis, web, application, tutorial, howto And it was demonetized. Every single video I've uploaded seems to have been until I request manual review (which takes a couple of days).
  - londons_explore 9y ago
    gorilla is a racist term... The algorithm doesn't understand context.
kawsper 9y ago
Do you know which excluded_ads labels it was tagged with?
- wybiral 9y ago
  For the video I uploaded yesterday, in the source for the video I can see: "excluded_ads": "46=14_14; 59=14_14; 76=2_2_1,2_2_4; 102=1_1,1_3,2_1,2_3; 106=1_1,1_2_1,1_3,2_1,2_2_1,2_2_4,2_3,14_14,17_2_1,17_2_4" EDIT: This may just be the generic variable in their source code, I'm not sure how to get the value specific to my video.
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
koolba 9y ago
You should try making the same video with a parser written in Golang and see if that get's demonetized as well.
- wybiral 9y ago
  The series before this one was about Golang and they all got demonetized too.
  - 1_2__4 9y ago
    I'm not sure which is funnier, his comment or your deadpan response.
superflyguy 9y ago
Feedp arse r maybe?
burger_moon 9y ago
What's a link to your channel? You've at least got me interested in checking it out.
- wybiral 9y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6tqFmkqznYJTzidBerHA8g https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6tqFmkqznYJTzidBerHA8g The video from yesterday (08 - CSS and static files) is still demonetized. If that gives you any context.
nana_gb 9y ago
I'm 99.9% sure it's nothing to do with your tags and everything to do with some sort of speech to text analysis google is doing on your video. In my case, I have a demonitized tutorial video on how to download and upgrade my software. I was a bit surprised since it was a basic boring screen share video. Nothing controversial either, until I looked at the auto generated close captioning. I said "Prosper202" but Google heard "pr0st!tut3" (I edited the actual word just in case HN also has auto block filters) But as you can see, it's obviously a not safe for brands keyword. I've manually fixed the closed captioning with the correct words, but as of now the video is still demonetized. So I think there's some sort of blacklist of words said in videos that will auto demonetize videos. In your case, after watching your video with closed captioning I notice you use the word "explicit" a lot in your video. Once again given the context, it's totally safe. But there's also a very unsafe context that I doubt google is willing to automatically monetize without some sort of manual review. (https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278?hl=en) You can request a manual review of the affected videos, but only if your video has 1000 views in the past 7 days. For most small channels wrongly flagged, there's no real fix (for the old video). The only real suggestion to test out is to not say explicit in your next video. I'm also interested in hearing from others with demonetized videos, that may be suffering from the same auto captioning and blacklisted words issue.
- wybiral 9y ago
  That's a good point. I've seen my captioning be WAY off from what I actually said. But when I request a manual review the videos do seem to get monetized again within a few days... Even with less than 1000 views.
- londons_explore 9y ago
  This is correct. Videos are demonetized mostly on a blacklist of bad words. Run text to speech on the video before upload (preferably upload the audio only on a test channel and download the captions), and edit out all words which have any negative connotation whatsoever. Beware - the blacklist contains a lot of words which are only bad in a certain language or a certain region or slang you might be unaware of. Use urban dictionary to find the bad words... It seems you can let a few slip through, but if a bad word appears too many times, it causes demonetization.
siruncledrew 9y ago
With "flask", "python", and "feed" the NLP is assuming you are some kind of alcoholic snake wrangler?