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> Out of curiosity, is there a precedent for YouTube banning channels based on the channel comments and not the channel video? Sort of. They've disabled commen
by duskwuff 6y ago
> Out of curiosity, is there a precedent for YouTube banning channels based on the channel comments and not the channel video?
Sort of. They've disabled comments on whole swaths of videos, like videos featuring children. I wouldn't be surprised if they've disabled comments for other problematic channels.
I'm not aware of any specific situations where they've banned channels outright as a result of problematic comment activity, but it wouldn't surprise me if it'd happened.
- Izkata 6y agoYoutube does also demonitize videos based on comments, rather than just the video's content.
- duskwuff 6y agoIndeed. Comments can often bring to light aspects of a video which might not be obvious from watching the video without context. One example is videos which cater to obscure fetishes -- a video of a woman slowly blowing up and popping balloons isn't obviously sexual, for instance, but comments could make its intent more obvious.
- White_Wolf 6y agothe way that the video is interpreted says a lot more about the person that wrote the comment than the creator.
- mrguyorama 6y agoNo, in this case (inflation) it's an actual fetish and many "non-obvious" fetishes post their stuff on youtube instead of normal porn avenues. These videos are created and distributed with the intent of causing arousal