# Odd youtube comment question re: visibility to channel owner **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 18, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-youtube-comment-question-re-visibility-to-channel-owner/1007442 "2024-09-18T18:53:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-youtube-comment-question-re-visibility-to-channel-owner/1007442/21 "2024-09-19T18:38:47Z")
Your blondebear comment went straight into the quarantine, flagged as ‘potentially inappropriate’, even though it doesn’t match any of the filter words I have added, and doesn’t contain any profanity. I would say that the algorithm has somehow identified/misidentified _your account_ as problematic. I have released the comment from the quarantine, in case that action helps restore your status in some way. ETA: the bread alone comment was not flagged in any way and went straight to live. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-youtube-comment-question-re-visibility-to-channel-owner/1007442/22 "2024-09-19T18:42:56Z")
Oh, also, even after I released the quarantined comment, I can’t see it in the combined comments feed in YouTube Studio - it also doesn’t show up if I search by one of the words that I know is in the comment; I can only see it if I go to the individual video and sort the comments by newest. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-youtube-comment-question-re-visibility-to-channel-owner/1007442/23 "2024-09-19T18:45:48Z")
Hmmm…well that’s my answer I guess. The channel/account has apparently been flagged for some reason. I never got any notification, but I guess I wouldn’t if the algorithms decided I’m a spambot. I don’t know if it’s worth the effort to ask the youtube folks for help. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-youtube-comment-question-re-visibility-to-channel-owner/1007442/24 "2024-09-19T18:49:26Z")
I think this is one of those things where they have put some machine learning in control of the visibility of comments - I doubt anyone at YouTube would be able to even tell you what’s happening, assuming they wanted to. I would suggest maybe going on a little binge of clicking the like button (when appropriate, of course), and maybe trying to post a few short, unambiguously positive comments from that account, but honestly I don’t know if that will really help. I think these things do tend to time out and return to normal after a while ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-youtube-comment-question-re-visibility-to-channel-owner/1007442/25 "2024-09-19T18:55:40Z")
Thanks for everyone’s input. I appreciate it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-youtube-comment-question-re-visibility-to-channel-owner/1007442.md?page=1)