YouTube is working to reduce comment spam and impersonation on the video-sharing platform by adding new features. YouTube announced that as of July 29, 2022, they will no longer allow channels to hide the number of subscribers they have. The company says this will make it more difficult for impostors to pose as other creators on the platform. YouTube has also added a new comment moderation setting to increase rigor. moreover, it is limiting the type and frequency of special characters that can be used in channel names.
In an official community post, YouTube yes announced three new features to combat the problem of spam and impersonation comments. YouTube will no longer allow channels to hide their subscriber numbers to make it more difficult for people to impersonate popular YouTube creators. As of July 29, 2022, users will no longer have the option to turn off the visibility of their channel’s subscriber count.
“We’ve seen bad guys masking their channel subscriber numbers to impersonate larger, more prominent YouTube channels – they pretend to be other creators in the comments,” YouTube said. then lure people to their impersonation channel page.” The platform also acknowledges the fact that some creators like to hide the number of subscribers they have while building an audience. YouTube adds, “We made this decision to make our community safer as a whole, but we realize that not all creators using this option are bad guys. “
The video sharing platform also added improved creator comment moderation settings in YouTube Studio. Creators will be able to use improved moderation settings to increase rigor in the Hold for review tab. It was added as an optional feature that can filter out more spam comments and identity abuse.
Previously, impostors could edit their names by adding special characters to their YouTube channel names to allow them to resemble other famous creators. As a result, YouTube is reducing the number of characters available to select channel names. The company says that the update will not allow impostors to update their channel name to something like “¥ ouⓉube ✅”.
