*** Official “WHAT THE F@CK IS YOUTUBE DOING NOW??!!!” Thread ***

[MumblesBadly]

YouTube is effing up so badly now with how it is handling user interactions in order to police behavior in the comments it doesn’t want, it’s handicapping seasoned content providers in mysterious and frustrating ways. Here are some notable examples

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[Dan Druff]

They've also intentionally fucked up the searching for conservative figures they don't like, such as Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder.

Try to search for "change my mind steven crowder" and not a single "Change My Mind" video of his will come up on the front page. Crowder found that, outside the US, they come right up as the first result.

Simply searching for "Ben Shapiro" wouldn't yield any of his daily show videos, but it looks like they finally fixed that -- like within the last week.

[monsterj]

They've also intentionally fucked up the searching for conservative figures they don't like, such as Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder.

Try to search for "change my mind steven crowder" and not a single "Change My Mind" video of his will come up on the front page. Crowder found that, outside the US, they come right up as the first result.

Simply searching for "Ben Shapiro" wouldn't yield any of his daily show videos, but it looks like they finally fixed that -- like within the last week.

I just did that for crowder, every video that showed in my search was from crowders channel, some were clips and some were entire episodes with change my mind segments.

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MumblesBadly has to be God. Never been so sure of anything.

[Dan Druff]

They've also intentionally fucked up the searching for conservative figures they don't like, such as Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder.

Try to search for "change my mind steven crowder" and not a single "Change My Mind" video of his will come up on the front page. Crowder found that, outside the US, they come right up as the first result.

Simply searching for "Ben Shapiro" wouldn't yield any of his daily show videos, but it looks like they finally fixed that -- like within the last week.

I just did that for crowder, every video that showed in my search was from crowders channel, some were clips and some were entire episodes with change my mind segments.

Not what's showing for me.

I can post a screen shot if you want.

Top result is Steven Crowder's channel itself, which isn't useful if you're looking for a Change My Mind episode from awhile back (because he puts out so many videos).

The next two results are unrelated Crowder videos. It didn't even show this a few months ago, but today I do get two unrelated Crowder videos as results #2 and #3.

The next full page of results are a mixture of clips of his Change My Mind videos (but NOT from his channel), mixed with videos from some guy named "Earthling Ed" who bashes Crowder. There are also some videos from others parodying Change My Mind videos. But not a single Change My Mind video from Crowder's channel.

I did not get a single full Crowder Change My Mind video on the front page by entering "steven crowder change my mind" or "change my mind steven crowder" into the search bar.

Again, if anyone doubts me, I can post a screen shot.

[MumblesBadly]

I just did that for crowder, every video that showed in my search was from crowders channel, some were clips and some were entire episodes with change my mind segments.

Not what's showing for me.

I can post a screen shot if you want.

Top result is Steven Crowder's channel itself, which isn't useful if you're looking for a Change My Mind episode from awhile back (because he puts out so many videos).

The next two results are unrelated Crowder videos. It didn't even show this a few months ago, but today I do get two unrelated Crowder videos as results #2 and #3.

The next full page of results are a mixture of clips of his Change My Mind videos (but NOT from his channel), mixed with videos from some guy named "Earthling Ed" who bashes Crowder. There are also some videos from others parodying Change My Mind videos. But not a single Change My Mind video from Crowder's channel.

I did not get a single full Crowder Change My Mind video on the front page by entering "steven crowder change my mind" or "change my mind steven crowder" into the search bar.

Again, if anyone doubts me, I can post a screen shot.

Have you tried forcing Google to forget your preferences? By default, Google tailors search results for each user based on info it collect/retains on them, but you should be able to turn them off or wipe the history for uncustomized search results.