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I watch a lot of financial videos on YT and noticed the sophistication of the spam has increased lately. Previously you'd have either: - someone stealing the
by 01100011 5y ago
I watch a lot of financial videos on YT and noticed the sophistication of the spam has increased lately. Previously you'd have either:
- someone stealing the logo of the video owner responding to your comments with whatsapp links
- some MLM-esque praise for a particular person's crypto trading scheme.
for the second case, you now have spam bots replying to the top comment with a vaguely realistic sounding dialog with comments alternating between people asking for more information, similarly praising the crypto scheme, or giving contact information.
The comments section has basically become useless at this point due to the level of spam. You still have content creators encouraging you to comment to trick the YT algorithm though.
- cersa8 5y agoExactly this, sometimes up to 30 comments and likes, all by the same spam bot. If you call out the spammer below his comment the bot reports you and your comment will be removed.
- unlikelymordant 5y agoI just report the top level comment as spam, and it disappears for me. I feel i have done everything i can at that point, no need to engage spammers.
- zikohh 5y agoI've tried this, it does nothing, I visited the page 3 weeks later no help. Neither does this script give instant feedback it still manually has to be actioned by a human. I think this tool is only useful if you own the channel and use it. Otherwise, it doesnt matter. YouTube just doesnt care.