Being blocked and the negative feedback it creates

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Has anyone besides me, noticing themselves being blocked out of YouTube comments on various self-help channels?  The reason I ask is because I've posted a few questions on some channels and never get a response.  After a few weeks, still nothing from anyone.  So I open up an incognito mode & test the system & see that my comments are never posted.  It's like I've ended up on a shit-list.

And I have no idea what I said that might've caused it, if anything at all!  In fact, this one channel I went to, I barely said anything at all, but once nobody posted any response, I check & sure enough, I'm out.  It's really freaking me out a bit.

Nobody likes being froze out indefinitely, but that's exactly what it is because nobody will go back & remove those blocks.  I wonder why they do that?

I've felt tempted to go buy one of their books or programs & post a reaction video to me burning it in protest, but the thing is, I don't hate these people.  I just don't understand why I've been froze out.  What's more I don't understand why YouTube doesn't tell me that I'm wasting time posting comments that nobody will ever see.

The whole thing is bringing me down & makes me feel like I can't give any honest feedback on anything because some of these goody-two shoe types only want to have their ass kissed in the comments section & that's really boring!

I wasn't sure who else to turn to, so any thoughts on this are really appreciated.  Apologies if this is the wrong forum.  I figure it might be good here since I'm really getting worked-up over something that seems ridiculous.

[tenta]

So you have been shadow banned? Youtubers have an option to ban someone from commenting on their channel without that person knowing, but only that person will see their own comments

"I can't give any honest feedback on anything because some of these goody-two shoe types only want to have their ass kissed in the comments section & that's really boring!"

I see this everywhere, the slightest criticism of the most irrational statements/decisions will get you 20 people berating you and throwing insults at you without considering anything that you said, other than that it offended them somehow

At least it's in your control, you can stop getting banned from stuff and caring about it

[Eric Tarpall]

Youtube might be censoring your comments. Are you talking about controversial things?

[Eric Tarpall]

Here's an example of youtube censorship. You can't find this video if you search for it on youtube. But it has over a million views.

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5 hours ago, tenta said:

So you have been shadow banned? Youtubers have an option to ban someone from commenting on their channel without that person knowing, but only that person will see their own comments

"I can't give any honest feedback on anything because some of these goody-two shoe types only want to have their ass kissed in the comments section & that's really boring!"

I see this everywhere, the slightest criticism of the most irrational statements/decisions will get you 20 people berating you and throwing insults at you without considering anything that you said, other than that it offended them somehow

At least it's in your control, you can stop getting banned from stuff and caring about it

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You're so right about that.  I think a lot of YouTuber Channels have become very sensitive of the comments section.  Most people just don't care or leave it, but maybe it's trending towards more censorship.

 

3 hours ago, Eric Tarpall said:

Youtube might be censoring your comments. Are you talking about controversial things?

 

 

It took me a few hours, but I think I figured it out what's going on.  It's because those channels are a scam.  I'm referring to Dan Lok and Project Life Mastery.  They only have sycophants giving constant high praise to these asshole charlatans.  Their banning of my comment questions helped wake me out of the spin they had me hooked on!!  And they're probably too stupid to realize it.  I'll never buy anything from these guys.

There were a couple of instances where I got banned for some odd remarks in the past.  Like Coach Corey Wayne.  He did a Pro Trump video once in 2016 & everyone that commented against him, he shadow-banned. And I was a big fan too!  Why he went after his customer base to ban-hammer the people who didn't agree with his politics, I'll never understand.   If these people ever come up in conversation or in other comments or videos, I'll be doing my very best to poison the well.  I've gotten several good jabs in with "Coach".  Dan Lok.  He's next.  Project Life Mastery?  Not even worth thinking about.  He's a joke.  I have no idea why I'm banned by PLM.  Fortunately, I never bought anything.  Good riddance.