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That makes sense. Apparently there are videos that they just can't take down with their TOS, but that they want advertisers to have the option not to advertise

That makes sense. Apparently there are videos that they just can't take down with their TOS, but that they want advertisers to have the option not to advertise there. Its a service that sells less advertisements and makes creators shift away from youtube. A lose lose lose situation in the long run. Also seeing youtube as the future of tv... I don't think so.

supreme_sublime 9y ago
Yes, they have a "demonetized" status for videos that don't violate their TOS but aren't "advertiser friendly". Their general lack of transparency about it is also quite annoying. There also does seem to be some kind of manual process going on which is very strange. I have a small anecdote about it, unfortunately the creator took down the video talking about it after the problem was resolved or I'd just link that. I'll try to summarize as best I can. There is a channel I watch, called "Counter Arguments", it is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. He made a video a while back called "Punch a Nazi"[0]. Some weeks after it being up, he got it taken down as violating the TOS for promoting violence. I don't believe he actually attempted to get it reviewed and put back up. The funny thing about the video is it is a video that is ultimately against political violence and he puts clips from a couple other videos in it that actually do promote violence. Those videos were never taken down. He posted a video about what happened to the video because people were asking him about it. A few days after posting the video about it, the video was put back up. I believe it may be demonetized, but I'm not sure. He seems to have scrubbed the videos discussing it from his channel. We have no way of knowing if it was a manual or automated action that caused the video to go down, nor if it was a manual or automated action to get it put back up. The timing of it, sounds to me like it may have been flagged, a YouTube employee looked at it and didn't like what it said, so took it down. Potentially another YouTube employee saw the other video about it being taken down and put it back up. We have no way of knowing. I think if he would have never made another video about it being taken down, it likely would still be down today. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XtQ1BVhcOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XtQ1BVhcOk

supreme_sublime 9y ago

Yes, they have a "demonetized" status for videos that don't violate their TOS but aren't "advertiser friendly". Their general lack of transparency about it is also quite annoying. There also does seem to be some kind of manual process going on which is very strange. I have a small anecdote about it, unfortunately the creator took down the video talking about it after the problem was resolved or I'd just link that. I'll try to summarize as best I can. There is a channel I watch, called "Counter Arguments", it is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. He made a video a while back called "Punch a Nazi"[0]. Some weeks after it being up, he got it taken down as violating the TOS for promoting violence. I don't believe he actually attempted to get it reviewed and put back up. The funny thing about the video is it is a video that is ultimately against political violence and he puts clips from a couple other videos in it that actually do promote violence. Those videos were never taken down. He posted a video about what happened to the video because people were asking him about it. A few days after posting the video about it, the video was put back up. I believe it may be demonetized, but I'm not sure. He seems to have scrubbed the videos discussing it from his channel. We have no way of knowing if it was a manual or automated action that caused the video to go down, nor if it was a manual or automated action to get it put back up. The timing of it, sounds to me like it may have been flagged, a YouTube employee looked at it and didn't like what it said, so took it down. Potentially another YouTube employee saw the other video about it being taken down and put it back up. We have no way of knowing. I think if he would have never made another video about it being taken down, it likely would still be down today. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XtQ1BVhcOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XtQ1BVhcOk