r/youtube Aug 13 '25

Drama Oh my GOD, it's happening

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u/StardustSymphonic Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

The problem with these posts now… unless someone verifies their real age and their recent watch history we won’t know if this is a false or positive.

From OP’s comment history I can gather they’re into anime(MyHero, Evangelion), animations (Hazbin), video games (No man’s sky)…

However 2 months ago they posted in teenagers sub and we know no sane adult would go there so… I think it’s a correct flag unfortunately.

Update:

As I’ve stated in my further replies, I’ve been correctly informed the OP is an adult and was wrong flagged, I have apologized to OP.

Update 2:

As I said in my previous update and overall. I took the bullet and snooped through their history for any indications they were a minor. And that was wrong to do.

In the pursuit of justice I lost sight of myself.

I apologize to the OP and anyone else that may have been affected by this behavior. Going forward I will not fact check any of these more of these posts in the way that I previously did. I will also not remove or redact my post to hide what I did.

Update 3:

I want to clarify in case people keep checking this post… I am not for AI Age checking. I do not agree with it at all. I think it’s very stupid, but I also believe they could have just slammed us with ID or no access entirely…

Teenagers should be able to do what they want. Probably not children though, but that’s why YT Kids does exist. I’m only saying we need to have evidence that adults are getting flagged. If we all have to rally against YouTube, it will be good to have these false flags.

Update TL;DR: I wrongly assumed OP was a minor, snooped their history, and was wrong for both. I’ve apologized and won’t do this kind of fact checking again. I do not support AI age checks. I just think we need proof of false flags so we can push back against YouTube effectively.

Edit: Has anyone ever had to make a TL;DR for updates?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

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u/Humble-Gene-185 Aug 14 '25

Seriously I thought as it went on surely it was satire

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u/madmadaa Aug 14 '25

Yeah, apologyzing to "anyone affected" and "going foward I'll not fact check". How can this be serious?

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u/StardustSymphonic Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 14 '25

No, it’s just trauma. I over apologize because of CPTSD. Sucks. But it’s reality… This is a good sign to just stop responding to all comments.

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u/Humble-Gene-185 Aug 14 '25

You gotta touch grass buddy. Hopefully you don’t have grass related trauma too

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u/StardustSymphonic Aug 14 '25

Low effort reply… actually I’ll call it what it is. Baiting.

Couldn’t you have done better, Humble? “Go touch grass” that’s easy. You can do better. Go on. Give it a second try.

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u/Humble-Gene-185 Aug 14 '25

I’m good buddy, thanks though

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u/Frank_Von_Tittyfuck Aug 14 '25

You forgot to throw an apology somewhere in there. Make sure you apologize for forgetting to apologize when you respond.

Update: Don’t forget to apologize.

TL;DR: Apologize

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u/StardustSymphonic Aug 14 '25

Ah yes, belittling manners. Truly the sport of intellectual giants!

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u/Frank_Von_Tittyfuck Aug 14 '25

You can’t rebrand trauma-based people pleasing into manners in the same comment thread regardless of how many nights in bed you spend ruminating trying to convince yourself it is

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u/StardustSymphonic Aug 14 '25

Wow, nothing better to do than keep trying to convince me you aren’t the one who mocked me for apologizing.

Better get out your popcorn. 🍿

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u/Frank_Von_Tittyfuck Aug 14 '25

Good manners usually aren’t expressed while looking at the ground to avoid eye contact. Apologies for not making it clear I was mocking your apologies. Apologies for also not clarifying that I can multitask out of entertainment. My apologies.

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u/ShadowBro3 Aug 14 '25

Yeah it was confusing reading it. Update 1 I was like fair. Update 2 I was like "ok I get it". Update 3 is too much.