Youtube: These tricks are used against spammers

Youtube had recently messed with the Youtubers. The company, which belongs to Google, is now offering three innovations that are intended to curb the spam problem. Since the beginning of the year, some major YouTubers such as MKBHD or Jacksepticeye have put videos online to draw attention to the problem of spammers. Spammers try to flood the YouTube channels of big creators with fake giveaways and get user data. meanwhile has Youtube presented three new guidelinesto contain the problem, as reported by The Verge.

These guidelines aim to make YouTube unattractive to spammers

It is now no longer possible to hide the number of channel subscribers. Fake YouTube channels in particular like to hide the number of subscribers. In addition, Youtube now limits the number and frequency of special characters in channel names. Fraudulent accounts have used special characters in an attempt to impersonate official channels. For example, a channel “¥ouⓉube” should be spelled to suggest that it is the official YouTube channel. As a third new policy, the new settings for moderating channels that have been tested since the beginning of the year have been revised. In the moderation tools, each creator can now “Increase Strictness”, which should reduce the number of spam comments.

In May, a dispute broke out between Youtubers and the company belonging to Google. So far, viewers have had to torture themselves for a few minutes before an interesting part of the video comes. With the new feature, Youtube can automatically mark the most viewed scenes in a video. YouTube users should be able to see short, exciting video clips, although the actual video is much longer. Youtube would like to benefit from the hype surrounding Tiktok, which successfully relies on short video clips. However, many YouTubers feel pressured by this. After all, creators earn money through advertising in the videos.

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Collection on new guidelines against spammers:

• Spammers like to roam around on the big YouTube channels, trying to get hold of users’ personal data with fake giveaways.
• In the meantime, YouTube has presented three new guidelines to contain the problem.
• Each channel must now specify a number of subscribers, hiding the number of subscribers is no longer possible.
• The number of special characters in a channel name is now limited to prevent scammers from attempting to recreate an official channel name by using special characters.
• In the moderation tools, each creator can now “Increase Strictness”, which should reduce the number of spam comments.

Source: The Verge