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Top Comments (10)
I think YouTube needs to take notes. Twitch was able to do this and _not_ forcing ID checks on people.
YouTube needs to take notes.
And Youtube is over here forcing us to give them our IDs
Hey sorry, I'm one of those viewers Twitch lost in the last month. I'm not a bot, I just got a job :/
YouTube meanwhile will require your ID but still show porn ads to minors.
"Army of clankers" nice to see Florida man Charlie be in on the joke
Literally a 4th of the entire platform was bots. Investors won’t be happy
Now every other social media needs to do this
YouTube needs to add detection for the bots on comments💀
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Top Comments (10)
I think YouTube needs to take notes. Twitch was able to do this and _not_ forcing ID checks on people.
YouTube needs to take notes.
And Youtube is over here forcing us to give them our IDs
Hey sorry, I'm one of those viewers Twitch lost in the last month. I'm not a bot, I just got a job :/
YouTube meanwhile will require your ID but still show porn ads to minors.
"Army of clankers" nice to see Florida man Charlie be in on the joke
Literally a 4th of the entire platform was bots. Investors won’t be happy
Now every other social media needs to do this
YouTube needs to add detection for the bots on comments💀
1:38 head scratch 5:53 head scratch 7:49 face scratch 9:51 neck scratch 13:58 head scratch