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Where are the criticisms and controversies? I know there are reliable sources. I feel like it would fail the broadness criterion of a GAN without any of the bad reception. QuicoleJR (talk) 19:04, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@QuicoleJR 97.94.157.81 (talk) 22:05, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes? QuicoleJR (talk) 22:21, 29 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

We could sleuth some information to share truth on Wikipedia.

What is the real reason (mentioned without citationneeded, strangely, which makes it weasel-words) for removing dislikes? I was quite proud of my 500- to 0 likes/dislikes over 50+ videos shared. It deserves a prize on Youtube, more than obviously pleasing videos, it's a highly technical subject and so requires 100% accuracy in sharing information.
Why was the decision made to destroy Youtube functionality with Made for Kids? Extremely few allow comment censoring as usual, but the kicker is, you can't even put cartoons on a playlist for kids. It's so [stupidhttps://support.google.com/youtube/thread/25007475/why-can-t-i-favourite-a-video?hl=en stupid] it requires investigation.
There is not enough historical information here about Google Videos being hugely unsuccessful and being the actual reason for purchasing Youtube.
After Google became successful (by buying up a competitor), Google has isolated itself from the public completely, with no accessible product forum for complaints. This is consistent with their other products. There is not enough mention of how this has affected the Youtube brand they purchased. Passages on this page may reflect poorly on those who created the original product; therefore, it's important to point out the timeline reasons for the takeover of the product.

--Henrik Erlandsson 00:18, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

We require third-party sources to make any claims related to these changes. We cannot deduce from disparate information to come to a conclusion. --Masem (t) 03:36, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Masem 97.94.157.81 (talk) 18:59, 30 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 14 June 2023

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Avaburger40 (talk) 22:32, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As of 2023, YouTube has over 2.68 billion monthly active users. 52% of internet users worldwide access YouTube at least once a month.

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. RudolfRed (talk) 02:58, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 24 July 2023

Ad revenue [citation needed]

Alphabet inc (Youtube’s parent company) releases quarterly financial reports on their website (abc.xyz).

This report has a line item for “Youtube ads” on the second page every quarter, comparing this quarter to last year’s same quarter.

Summing the four values, found at:

https://abc.xyz/assets/investor/enwiki/static/pdf/2022Q1_alphabet_earnings_release.pdf

https://abc.xyz/assets/investor/enwiki/static/pdf/2022Q2_alphabet_earnings_release.pdf

https://abc.xyz/assets/investor/enwiki/static/pdf/2022Q3_alphabet_earnings_release.pdf

https://abc.xyz/assets/investor/enwiki/static/pdf/2022Q4_alphabet_earnings_release.pdf

Gives 29,243 million dollars, or 29.2 billion dollars.

I’m new to wikipedia, so I don’t know how exactly to cite this, so I put it here in the talk page.

edit: I found the yearly report, it has the same number on page ~65 of the pdf (labeled page 28):

https://abc.xyz/assets/d4/4f/a48b94d548d0b2fdc029a95e8c63/2022-alphabet-annual-report.pdf

Note that this is the *advertising* revenue, Youtube has other revenue sources that aren’t included in the figure (which is the same number already on this wikipedia article), so the phrasing should probably be changed to reflect that (like how the 2021 ad revenue number is phrased). HaphLife (talk) 18:58, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@HaphLife you know 2A00:23C8:3697:E801:9CCC:2F6B:A503:BD2 (talk) 06:21, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why do people use secondary sources for this when the primary source is easy to find? HaphLife (talk) 15:40, 10 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

More info

this page does not actually seem to mention any YouTubers..? CherryLS (talk) 10:44, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Because it's about the site itself, not the personalities on it. If you'd like to list some prominent YouTuber, there's List of YouTubers. ASpacemanFalls (talk) 10:57, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@ASpacemanFalls Thank you. =] CherryLS (talk) 16:21, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Shadow banning

YouTube has a well known policy and practice of 'shadow banning' certain comments for political or personal reasons not related to their posted terms of service. By adjusting their 'algorithm' YouTube can censor comments in such a manner that the commenter can see his posts but no one else can. This is not in dispute. It is therefore instructive that Wikipedia has not explored this nor has it included this highly relevant issue of blatant and unjustified censorship in its article on YouTube. If Wikipedia has any integrity it will examine this policy and practice and add the issue to this article. But I won't hold my breath. 2603:8001:C200:1637:D550:D9C0:832:7CF6 (talk) 15:12, 26 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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how to get a youtube accont 192.206.244.133 (talk) 16:13, 3 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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 YouTube has a well known policy and practice of 'shadow banning' certain comments for political or personal reasons not related to their posted terms of service. By adjusting their 'algorithm' YouTube can censor comments in such a manner that the commenter can see his posts but no one else can. This is not in dispute. It is therefore instructive that Wikipedia has not explored this nor has it included this highly relevant issue of blatant and unjustified censorship in its article on YouTube. If Wikipedia has any integrity it will examine this policy and practice and add the issue to this article.
 But I won't hold my breath. [[Special:Contributions/2603:8001:C200:1637:D550:D9C0:832:7CF6|2603:8001:C200:1637:D550:D9C0:832:7CF6]] ([[User talk:2603:8001:C200:1637:D550:D9C0:832:7CF6|talk]]) 15:12, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
+== youtube ==
+how  to get a youtube accont [[Special:Contributions/192.206.244.133|192.206.244.133]] ([[User talk:192.206.244.133|talk]]) 16:13, 3 September 2023 (UTC)