# How to avoid the YouTube posting bug **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Tags:** sdmb\_rules-and-notes\ **Created:** [September 20, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499 "2024-09-20T00:46:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499/64 "2026-06-25T20:52:57Z")
The show/hide preview is not available on mobile. You can skip that step when posting from a phone. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499/65 "2026-06-25T21:45:52Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > You can skip that step when posting from a phone. Yup; since a mobile browser doesn’t have the preview option, you just don’t need to worry about it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499/66 "2026-06-26T08:53:56Z")
FYI … The mobile browser UI does have a preview _mode_. Which, _if_ you activate it while you’ve got a YouTube url all ready to go, will trigger the bug. In the screenshot that @Fear_Itself posted 3 posts up, the icon at lower right that looks like a display screen on a desk stand is the preview button. Tap that and you’ll be looking at a preview. And if you have already added an embedded vid url, you’ll trip the bug. Oops. While you’re in preview mode, that lower right icon changes to a pencil. Tap that to get back to input / edit mode and re-enable the onscreen keyboard. As an aside, anyone asking for Discourse help _needs_ to include whether they’re on a phone or a big screen. Details matter. Some of us _never_ post on a phone and some of us _always_ post on a phone. So it’s easy to forget that your “obvious” context is not what everyone else is doing or seeing. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499/67 "2026-06-26T18:06:20Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The mobile browser UI does have a preview _mode_. Which, _if_ you activate it while you’ve got a YouTube url all ready to go, will trigger the bug. True. I forgot about that. It needs to be initiated manually and isn’t automatic like a computer browser’s preview pane so I didn’t even consider that. I also tested WYSIWYG mode to see if it tries to make a video preview and it doesn’t, it still just has a link, so it’s only the preview mode that is a risk on mobile. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499/68 "2026-07-20T21:00:51Z")
I’m getting a different YouTube bug. When I click on a YouTube video is asked me “Sign in to confirm you are not a bot” but the sign in link does not work. I’m actually signed in to YouTube on another tab. All I can do is to click the YouTube logo. This takes me to the YT homepage (not the video). There is just no way I can watch YouTube videos now. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499/69 "2026-07-20T21:20:21Z")
Still all works for me … ? > **There is one way you could see the video....** > > Reply to the post containing the video. > Select “quote whole post” from the options (+) menu > Find the YouTube video address. > Highlight it > Right click and select “`GoTo Https://Youtube etc`” ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499/70 "2026-07-21T15:44:39Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > When I click on a YouTube video is asked me “Sign in to confirm you are not a bot” but the sign in link does not work. Hmm, I’ve never seen that behavior from YouTube, **ever**. Not in any context. Very strange. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499/71 "2026-07-21T16:14:33Z")
Fixed it. Turns out the extension Privacy Badger was blocking YT cookies! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499/72 "2026-07-21T16:39:08Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Turns out the extension Privacy Badger was blocking YT cookies! Thank you for that, good info! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499.md?page=3)