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Does YouTube block mentions of uBlock Origin or Sponsorblock in comments? (biglemmowski.win)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by taaz@biglemmowski.win to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I was trying to give pointers to people in comments but it seems whenever I wrote uBlock Origin, "u B lock", SponsorBlock or "S p onSor Block" (without quotes) the comment would vanish within first minute.

Is this happening only to me/on this one specific video (in Czech, don't want to link because I don't agree with the points they said, though it was video about the adblock blocking of YT)?

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[-] willya@lemmyf.uk 60 points 9 months ago

Probably. I mean I would block it if I were them lol

[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 46 points 9 months ago

They definitely block an absolute fuck ton of references. I had comments removed for simply saying the word Github.

[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 5 points 9 months ago

I've had the word aliexpress get me a warning for "spam & scams", and another very short comment got me a temporary ban. I have no idea why, maybe because it looked like fake engagement? I mentioned the phrase "youtube channel". So strange.

I feel like I shouldn't keep putting my energy onto that platform and am looking for a good peertube instance to start uploading to.

[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 5 points 9 months ago

I think Google and Youtube are straight fucking buttcheeks. That's all there is to it. I also hope that an alternative will arrive.

[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 37 points 9 months ago

If you're not aware YouTube has heavy comment filters which use NLP in a heavy handed way to remove "negative" comments.

YouTube comments are genuinely worth nothing anymore because they're cherry picked by software

[-] sviper@programming.dev 8 points 9 months ago

Also the creator can remove the comments he wants.

[-] stormtrooper@sopuli.xyz 24 points 9 months ago

I don’t comment on yt at all so I haven’t tried but that’s hilarious and frustrating. Every browser I run into I install ublock. Sometimes I install it on my friends’ browsers if they let me.

[-] DetectiveSanity@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Hats off to a wingman like yourself.

A compilation of people using uBlock for the first time would be hilarious

[-] mateomaui@reddthat.com 20 points 9 months ago

Would be surprised if they are not blocking those terms. Surprised pro-ad blocking videos stay up long enough to get any comments.

[-] Automated_Handprint@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 9 months ago

YouTubers can block specific words from comments.

Everyone here started to blame YouTube for this, ignoring that you said it was only on one video. Just because YouTube is getting shitty doesn't mean that we should change the facts.

[-] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Even if you get passed their filter probably a few knobs gonna report your comment too

[-] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

I've mentioned SponsorBlock and it stayed up.

[-] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 months ago

there is some evidence of shadowbanning, where your comment isnt removed and you can still see it, but it is hidden from others.

[-] astramist 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah.

The video author can enable a setting to analyze the comments. YouTube itself flags comments that it deems inappropriate. The author only chooses which videos to include this tweak and the level of strictness.

It is enabled by default.

Comments that may be spam, self-promotion, gibberish, and otherwise potentially inappropriate will automatically be held for review in YouTube Studio and will only be published if you approve them. If you want a higher level of protection for your channel, increasing strictness will increase the number of comments held for review.

[-] Blueneonz@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It's a problem with all types of comments being flagged as spam and other things while others are not. Wouldn't doubt this is actual erasure on YouTube's part. Could replace some letters with emoji letters. Another is to write, copy and paste from a website that transforms the words into "aesthetic" fonts, many spam bots do this to keep their comments up.