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haraiva
@haraiva

i know its bc of youtubes monetisation restrictions but i lose a non-negligeable amount of respect for people who censor words in their videos lol


pervocracy
@pervocracy

The thing is that there's ways to evade demonetization that don't involve bleeping yourself or using cutesy TikTok euphemisms. There's a million fairly normal-sounding ways to say someone passed away, their life ended, their injury was fatal, etc... before you get to "unalive."

I hate to sound like my high school teacher saying "swearing means you aren't creative enough to say it another way!", because the monetization rules are fucking stupid. I know it's harder to filter for hate speech than for single words, but it's so goddamn insulting that Nazis get to quibble about "um but it's my sincerely held belief" and yet saying certain synonyms for "make love" or "go to the bathroom" is beyond the pale

but at the same time, from a position of being unable to change those rules... I do think saying "f*ck" means you aren't creative enough to say it another way, because c'mon, there's so many options available to you


pervocracy
@pervocracy

I found this Google Sheets list of words that get you demonetized on YouTube, and it's not 100% reliable because the rules aren't public or consistent, and I realize "demonetized" isn't "banned," they're just advertisers not wanting their content to appear on a video about cancer or how to use a condom...

but even so it's still very strange that according to this list, some topics you could not monetize are:

  • My Favorite Shows To Binge Watch
  • How To Dye Your Hair Blonde
  • Recipe for Hot Sauce
  • Why Jews Celebrate Purim
  • A History Of LGBT Scientists

like, again, these aren't forbidden, they're just "controversial," but how fucked up is it that if enough people hate you or have a fetish for you, it becomes controversial for you to mention yourself


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in reply to @pervocracy's post:

Looking through the big index of banned words, it's this weird oscillation between sex stuff, slurs, and people's names. I can figure out why they'd want to remove the famous suicide deaths and the terrorists, but apparently "Yvonne" is one of the words that consistently demonetizes a video?

This is true.
Source: I take calls on the suicide hotline. I have talked to many people early 20s and younger who used the word “unalive” seriously in talking to me about their own suicidal thoughts and ideation, or when telling me about their genuine concern for how to help a friend. It’s just another synonym for it now.