Post by account_disabled on Feb 26, 2024 22:54:54 GMT -6
Verification on YouTube: 100 thousand subscribers is no longer the key figure (even if you are already verified)
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YouTube has announced major changes to how it will verify your channel, changes that will likely cause a large number of creators to lose their verified status. Until now, YouTube has allowed any channel with a minimum number of 100,000 subscribers to request verification of their channel, this requirement will be removed starting in October .
Only accounts that can prove their authenticity will be able to verify your YouTube channel.
YouTube will focus its efforts on verifying channels that have a greater need to demons Mexico Mobile Number List trate their authenticity , such as those that belong to a brand, public figures, artists or some creators who may be subject to impersonation, something very similar to what has happened with Twitter , For example.
YouTube donkeyured in its statement that the verification system it has maintained until now was established when the site was smaller, however, its ecosystem has grown and “become more complex.”
The system of verifying a channel through the number of subscribers will no longer be allowed since bots or fake followers can alter this metric . Now, the new system will have stricter requirements that define “prominence,” according to Google's social video network.
[Tweet YouTube introduces new account verification badges and changes the requirements to obtain them”]
Among those requirements is that the channel represents a “well-known or highly sought-after creator, artist, public figure or company,” in addition to considering whether the channel is widely recognized outside of YouTube and has a strong online presence, as well as whether it is a channel that has a name similar to other channels.
The system that YouTube will use to determine the verification of this type of accounts will integrate both human review and algorithmic signals, although it has not yet announced exactly how it will carry them out.
YouTube wants to make it clear that verification is not an endorsement of the content of the channels
Beyond increasing the threshold to verify an account on YouTube, the social network had several reasons behind this change.
The main one is that, similar to Twitter, the social network has had to face the problem that users take the verification badge as an endorsement of the content displayed by a certain channel.
Research by the platform found that more than 30% of users believed the checkmark indicated approval of the content, not the identity of the channel itself.
This is a real problem for the platform that has had to face controversies around the racist, dangerous, conspiratorial and extremist content that has spread on the social network, and YouTube wants to distance itself from its responsibility.
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YouTube has announced major changes to how it will verify your channel, changes that will likely cause a large number of creators to lose their verified status. Until now, YouTube has allowed any channel with a minimum number of 100,000 subscribers to request verification of their channel, this requirement will be removed starting in October .
Only accounts that can prove their authenticity will be able to verify your YouTube channel.
YouTube will focus its efforts on verifying channels that have a greater need to demons Mexico Mobile Number List trate their authenticity , such as those that belong to a brand, public figures, artists or some creators who may be subject to impersonation, something very similar to what has happened with Twitter , For example.
YouTube donkeyured in its statement that the verification system it has maintained until now was established when the site was smaller, however, its ecosystem has grown and “become more complex.”
The system of verifying a channel through the number of subscribers will no longer be allowed since bots or fake followers can alter this metric . Now, the new system will have stricter requirements that define “prominence,” according to Google's social video network.
[Tweet YouTube introduces new account verification badges and changes the requirements to obtain them”]
Among those requirements is that the channel represents a “well-known or highly sought-after creator, artist, public figure or company,” in addition to considering whether the channel is widely recognized outside of YouTube and has a strong online presence, as well as whether it is a channel that has a name similar to other channels.
The system that YouTube will use to determine the verification of this type of accounts will integrate both human review and algorithmic signals, although it has not yet announced exactly how it will carry them out.
YouTube wants to make it clear that verification is not an endorsement of the content of the channels
Beyond increasing the threshold to verify an account on YouTube, the social network had several reasons behind this change.
The main one is that, similar to Twitter, the social network has had to face the problem that users take the verification badge as an endorsement of the content displayed by a certain channel.
Research by the platform found that more than 30% of users believed the checkmark indicated approval of the content, not the identity of the channel itself.
This is a real problem for the platform that has had to face controversies around the racist, dangerous, conspiratorial and extremist content that has spread on the social network, and YouTube wants to distance itself from its responsibility.