[greypowerOz]

a number of the channels i follow have a regular set of porn bots that post links, and also there are also obvious (to a human) machine generated comments.

I assume (without any evidence) that YT has a programmatic / ML approach to attempt to minimise this sort of crap..

I note that in this case the problem seems to be a particular word, but i don't see this as malice on YTs part.

I no longer post links as references for answers etc even when the channel creator allows them, after having one YT account permabanned for spam based (as far as i can tell.,) on links posted...

(anecdata is notoriously lacking in peer review)

[peakaboo]

Those algorithms are used to control discussions and censor things as well. This is completely obvious if you pay attention to what is removed.

The excuse is always to fight bots and spam, but it's exactly like how the war on terror is actually about war on human freedom - building a prison we all live inside.

[ahiknsr]

> but it's exactly like how the war on terror is actually about war on human freedom

No, it is not. Without these algorithms Youtube will be flooded with comments from bots.

> Those algorithms are used to control discussions and censor things as well. This is completely obvious if you pay attention to what is removed.

May be I'm not paying attention but this is not obvious to me. Care to share evidence for your claims?

[peakaboo]

It's not obvious to you because you don't post anything that is removed.

You never actually see censorship if you are not censored.

[matt_f]

How do you know the above commenter not posting anything that's being censored? Do you know what they are posting?

If he/she "doesn't see it because he's not beingu censored", as you seem to imply that perhaps you are, his question would then be very relevant:

You could enlighten them with evidence so that they can also see what is obvious to you.