You can say any word on yt, it’s just that some get deprioritized by the algorithm, which hurts ad revenue, so people choose to self-censor. That’s different from them taking something down so it can’t be viewed at all.
Pretty sure they actually take videos down they deem straight up against their policy, the deprioritizing happens on top of that to videos that aren’t exactly against policy but they dont wanna promote it anyway
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
You can say any word on yt, it’s just that some get deprioritized by the algorithm, which hurts ad revenue, so people choose to self-censor. That’s different from them taking something down so it can’t be viewed at all.
Pappabosley@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is a bad take, using their major corporate power to bully people into censoring themselves beyond societal norms is not OK.
I’ll give you a list of words that I’ve decided are not allowed and every time you use one, I’ll reduce your pay by 10%
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
It’s not a “take”, that’s just how it is.
I also dislike ad-based funding of everything, that’s why I’m on the fediverse. Also don’t like a “take”-based internet, but don’t tell anyone…
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Pretty sure they actually take videos down they deem straight up against their policy, the deprioritizing happens on top of that to videos that aren’t exactly against policy but they dont wanna promote it anyway
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Yes, definitely, but that’s a separate topic.
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Is the topic not saying words on youtube??