Also I just watched through the video and just wanted to write a few hings down:
- The No-Copyright-Music part is very understandable and you did mention a great point with the "You never know where the link goes" thing, I actually think it's pretty alright how you do it now.
- Going through your description and updating it with more text about the video is always a great idea!
- The "Links in Description" thing is a really rough topic you could probably go about discussing for ages. Recently I myself have kind of wondered about YouTube releasing new filters alongside features that actively promote violating rules. One example is where they cracked down on Tags in Descriptions and released the hashtag thing that would promote the first five hashtags in your description a month later... I used to put links into info cards but they seem to have removed that for non-partners so there really isn't a way to put Links anywhere without it being spam honestly...
- I also have to really agree with your "similar titles" argument, that really is a problem they could get almost every channel for...
- The 14 day dispute window is new to me, thanks for telling us about that!
- Google really love their Product Forums apparently, thanks for this as well!
~Indeed this way having it even clearer in the description box just makes it easier to appeal if the channel gets flagged up again from a bot.
~seems ridiculous, surprised they allow hashtags but not tags. Since hashtags is technically tags with a symbol in front. I personally limit to 3 hashtags so it wont seem spammy. unless they pretend to allow hashtags but then when they see channel they dont like, they use the hashtags as a reason to terminate. Now became afraid to use a comma when constructing the description with the possibly of them flagging it up as "Tag stuffing" even at the end of a sentence! theres no telling what that can set off the ever updated bots.
~ unfortunately when looking at forums, a lot of people was having the same issue. Even through their videos was legitimate they had similar titles, descriptions and tags that set off the bot.
~Its a shame they dont advertise that 14 day window. It's for them to control people to become discouraged and not appeal again. Think the window can change any time, read up someone figured out it was a 21 day window a few years back. The wait is torture. D :
You are very welcome, hoping with this info no one gets caught out by youtubes system!