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It would help if you'd share the exact comments that got removed.

alfiedotwtf 6y ago
I mentioned then in another comment here. It was: Chinese trash wuhan tiananmen square The comment below was that "Chinese trash" could have been blocked for "anti-harassment", but for a year old, low-viewed volume video giving a synthesizer demo, I'm not sure how Google could have interpreted it as harassment vs a comment on sanitation and recycling.
- p49k 6y ago
  Did you try posting an actual comment which referenced those terms in a meaningful way? Maybe it’s being blocked for being spammy incoherent word salad.
  - alfiedotwtf 6y ago
    No. I was in shock and then made this Ask HN post in disbelief, wanting to see if others had experienced the same thing.
    - p49k 6y ago
      Why not just try it now? It seems you spent far more time posting and maintaining the accusation than you did actually verifying if it was true.
      - alfiedotwtf 6y ago
        See my edit of the description of the post. Yep, a meaningful comment that could now way be seen as an insult or harassment was deleted too.
        lostmsu 6y ago
        If you remove the "trash" word, does it still get deleted? If not, I submit this is a very innocent mistake on the part of the ML algorithm they use. Especially considering you had to deliberately craft the comment with references you know are common for actual flame.
- dessant 6y ago
  I don't think the video and its popularity matter, your comment looks like spam. It's entirely possible for Google to censor comments critical of China, but this is not evidence of it.
  - alfiedotwtf 6y ago
    I posted the following, and it too was deleted: The world's sanitisation problem could be helped with more recycling of chinese trash, especially in wuhan. The green waste that's turned into compost in tiananmen square is a bonus to sustainability.
    - dessant 6y ago
      Now that's more problematic. You could test this further by replacing those phrases with references to a different country, though it's possible that your account will receive more scrutiny from moderation bots due to your recently deleted comments. It would be interesting to test trigger phrases on a larger scale from different accounts and publish your findings.

I mentioned then in another comment here. It was: Chinese trash wuhan tiananmen square The comment below was that "Chinese trash" could have been blocked for "anti-harassment", but for a year old, low-viewed volume video giving a synthesizer demo, I'm not sure how Google could have interpreted it as harassment vs a comment on sanitation and recycling.

p49k 6y ago
Did you try posting an actual comment which referenced those terms in a meaningful way? Maybe it’s being blocked for being spammy incoherent word salad.
- alfiedotwtf 6y ago
  No. I was in shock and then made this Ask HN post in disbelief, wanting to see if others had experienced the same thing.
  - p49k 6y ago
    Why not just try it now? It seems you spent far more time posting and maintaining the accusation than you did actually verifying if it was true.
    - alfiedotwtf 6y ago
      See my edit of the description of the post. Yep, a meaningful comment that could now way be seen as an insult or harassment was deleted too.
      - lostmsu 6y ago
        If you remove the "trash" word, does it still get deleted? If not, I submit this is a very innocent mistake on the part of the ML algorithm they use. Especially considering you had to deliberately craft the comment with references you know are common for actual flame.
dessant 6y ago
I don't think the video and its popularity matter, your comment looks like spam. It's entirely possible for Google to censor comments critical of China, but this is not evidence of it.
- alfiedotwtf 6y ago
  I posted the following, and it too was deleted: The world's sanitisation problem could be helped with more recycling of chinese trash, especially in wuhan. The green waste that's turned into compost in tiananmen square is a bonus to sustainability.
  - dessant 6y ago
    Now that's more problematic. You could test this further by replacing those phrases with references to a different country, though it's possible that your account will receive more scrutiny from moderation bots due to your recently deleted comments. It would be interesting to test trigger phrases on a larger scale from different accounts and publish your findings.