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I think it’s not downrankng so much as monetisation in most cases. Advertisers don’t want their ads shown alongside videos covering certain sensitive topics so

I think it’s not downrankng so much as monetisation in most cases. Advertisers don’t want their ads shown alongside videos covering certain sensitive topics so YouTube “demonetises” these videos and the creators don’t get any revenue from them. It seems generally understood that demonetisation is based on automatic transcription of the video and then searching for certain keywords. I don’t have any inside info, this is just from listening to a few youtubers talk about it

Closi 5y ago
Could demonetisation also affect how your video is featured/promoted on the platform (because YouTube wants to serve users videos that have ads)? I would assume if certain content is viewed as ‘non advertiser friendly’ then they would also prefer not to actively promote that content on the trending tab for instance.
cableshaft 5y ago
In a recent Breaking Points segment they said that there are certain topics they know ahead of time Youtube will flag to demonetize, but if they didn't cover it they wouldn't be doing their job covering the news appropriately, so they take the hit and let those videos get marked for demonetization. I think the word "rape" might be a trigger word for these, like when they covered the disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who accused a senior official of the CCP of it, and I think several of their Jeffrey Epstein videos got marked for demonetization for the same reason. But they also said before they had a subscription service they were a bit more careful about covering those topics, and they wouldn't be surprised if other Youtube creators censor themselves or avoid certain topics entirely because they have to rely on their videos making money and can't afford to take the hit. https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/20/youtube-penalizes-breaking-points-for-criticizing-china-over-disappearing-peng-shuai/ https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/20/youtube-penalizes-break...

Closi 5y ago

Could demonetisation also affect how your video is featured/promoted on the platform (because YouTube wants to serve users videos that have ads)? I would assume if certain content is viewed as ‘non advertiser friendly’ then they would also prefer not to actively promote that content on the trending tab for instance.

cableshaft 5y ago

In a recent Breaking Points segment they said that there are certain topics they know ahead of time Youtube will flag to demonetize, but if they didn't cover it they wouldn't be doing their job covering the news appropriately, so they take the hit and let those videos get marked for demonetization. I think the word "rape" might be a trigger word for these, like when they covered the disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who accused a senior official of the CCP of it, and I think several of their Jeffrey Epstein videos got marked for demonetization for the same reason. But they also said before they had a subscription service they were a bit more careful about covering those topics, and they wouldn't be surprised if other Youtube creators censor themselves or avoid certain topics entirely because they have to rely on their videos making money and can't afford to take the hit. https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/20/youtube-penalizes-breaking-points-for-criticizing-china-over-disappearing-peng-shuai/ https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/20/youtube-penalizes-break...