YouTube is cracking down on tricks that spammers use to impersonate creators
by James Vincent from The Verge - All Posts on (#60Y8G)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube has been having a tough time with spammers lately. Earlier this year, a bunch of big creators like MKBHD and Jacksepticeye made videos highlighting the seemingly endless hordes of bad actors swarming their channels who reply to other commenters with fake giveaways and other scams. YouTube has been responding to these complaints and, today, announced a few new changes to try and stem the tide.
There are three new policies. First, channels will no longer be able to hide their subscriber count - a move often used by spammers to help camouflage themselves. This is because checking a channel's subscriber count is a quick way to verify that they are who they say they are (aka Big Name Content Creator X).
Second, YouTube is limiting...