YouTube thought my Steam Deck video was 'harmful and dangerous'

By Liam Dawe - 19 August 2022 at 1:09 pm UTC | Views: 35,747

Here is your daily dose of what the heck? YouTube and the mighty algorithm decided for no apparent reason, that my Steam Deck video was "harmful and dangerous".

Over the last few months the GamingOnLinux YouTube channel has managed to gain around triple the amount of followers it once had. This is mainly due to the Steam Deck, and my decision to cover updates to it both in articles and in short concise videos (and people seem to really like the format).

According to YouTube though, this video was just a step too far:

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An email lands in my inbox from YouTube, noting it was removed for violations against their "harmful and dangerous policy". That's right, the Steam Deck is a dangerous weapon and we should all need to carry around a license or something? Perhaps having two of them and dual-wielding is just too much for YouTube.

Thankfully, after going through the appeals process, the video was restored.

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It's another reminder that moderation bots are stupid and having all your eggs in one basket is not a great idea either.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Steam Deck, Misc, Video

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About the author - Liam Dawe

I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check on the progress of Linux until Ubuntu appeared on the scene and it helped me to really love it. You can reach me easily by emailing GamingOnLinux directly. Find me on Mastodon.
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Lachu Aug 29, 2022

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Maybe some Windows user wrote a boot, which suggest your movie is dangerous? I do not known if Youtube could told you, what really happens - public personal info (like IP addresses) is probably illegal. Take in mind, that zombie computers could be used to suggest your movie is harmful, so YouTube cannot public information about all victims of this attack. ;-D

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slaapliedje Sep 1, 2022

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This reminds me, if you try to go to a reddit for "gamingonlinux" it is apparently banned. Haha

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