YouTube has updated its presentation of timestamps for Community Guidelines violations and introduced a “Guided Resolution Flow” to alleviate creator anger about its recent policy modification.
Over the last several months, YouTube has been improving its timestamps feature, which pinpoints when a video clip violates. The timestamps reveal when and which policy was violated in the video. Links to policy information make upload problems more visible. Users may appeal complaints or delete the relevant part to keep the video up and restore monetization status.
Only a few producers now have access to the option, but YouTube says it plans to soon make the notifications accessible to more users.
YouTube is also creating a guided resolution pathway for violations and complaints to provide artists greater information on how to address issues.
Similar to timestamp alerts, but with additional actions and tools to assist authors understand what occurred and what they can do about it.
It’s a nice change that comes at a good time as producers again experience the wrath of YouTube’s last policy tweak, which demonetized several video retrospectively.
YouTube updated its Advertiser Friendly Guidelines in November to prohibit bad language and violence in posted videos. Because many gaming producers broadcast violent games, they’re now breaking YouTube’s restrictions. Creators are also upset that adverts are retroactively banned in videos containing vulgarity in the first 15 seconds.
YouTube’s openness and information on how to report breaches can only help. It won’t fix retroactive demonetization, but it may help users comprehend and handle similar circumstances.
Creators will soon get the upgrades, which are under testing.
