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An Experiment With YouTube Comments…


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·Nov 7, 2024

Hello Internet. I'm here to talk about an experiment on the channel. There's a problem on YouTube; see down in the comments, there are so many scambots and sexbots and sexbots and scambots. I don't know what the deal is. It's been a problem for years that multiple creators have complained about, and it's only getting worse. Soon, I expect much worse, and I really don't want these videos to be a place where scammers can scam.

So, I'm experimenting with a solution in the form of a new privilege for Bonnie bees. As the verified humans that you are, actually making these videos happen, you alone will be able to post in the comments below the official video discussion. This happens over at the Reddit, which is unchanged. They don't have this problem as much, so if you are a student and thus banned from Patreon, I'll see you over there. It's where I spend most of my comment time anyway.

Back to YouTube. There is unfortunately no automated way to do what I'm trying to accomplish, so every one of you that signs up will have to be individually approved by myself or my team, which is an admin nightmare. So please, be patient while we work this out. It's not ideal, but right now, it's the best solution while also raising the visibility in the comments of everyone who helps make these videos happen.

And it's an incentive I'm also happy to add with YouTube's ceaseless promotion of shorts over regular videos, which is having a real impact on normal long-form creators like myself. So, if you've been watching the channel for years and if you've been considering signing up but have never really quite gotten around to it, and if, and only if, you are in a financially stable place, perhaps this benefit is the thing that will finally push you over the edge and click here to sign up if it does.

Thank you from me and from my team for allowing us to spend an unreasonable amount of time working on animated explainers for the Internet. It's an honor. Thank you.

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