YouTube have clarified the rules on profanity in videos

[Hippo-Drones]

This is great news, although I have mostly stopped swearing in my videos, some do tend to have a little bit in them. I personally don't have issue with swearing, being an ex-sailor, swearing is the norm.

Recent updates to the Advertiser-friendly content guidelines - YouTube Community

Anyway, the link is well worth taking a gander at!

 

[R-Rated]

Good to know.

The clown horn sound effect on YouTube is free to use.

 

[L. Bilious]

I'm not monetised, so f**k 'em.

 

[R-Rated]

I'm not monetised, so f**k 'em.

Are you worried that your vids not being as marketable would mean less likely to be recommended which slows growth?

 

[Theodor]

But they don't really list out any specific words, besides f-word, which clearly must be Fanta. So how do we know if we have accidentally used a profanity?
Do they consider regional slang?
Do they consider meaning behind words, that might not be profanity in other uses?
This is all so confusing....

 

[L. Bilious]

Are you worried that your vids not being as marketable would mean less likely to be recommended which slows growth?

I'm that small that the youtube analytics thing doesn't even know I exist!

 

[Drakhen99]

What I find funny is they classify swear words and CENSORED swear words as the same thing. Like, really? Bleeps count as curse words? I blur my mouth [if visible] and bleep out anything worse than damn or ass. [but not because of YouTube - more because I know a few of my viewers watch with their kids or grandkids]

So, does YT count EVERY bleep as a curse word? I use the same sound effect with a 1/2-second color bar sometimes to denote a transition from topic to topic, or place to place.

-John

 

[R-Rated]

Well, I was reading the latest pinned update on YouTube's profanity and foudn this interesting:

their use of the word "may" makes any statement ambiguous doesn't it?

 

[Drakhen99]

Well, I was reading the latest pinned update on YouTube's profanity and foudn this interesting:
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their use of the word "may" makes any statement ambiguous doesn't it?

So your character can deal drugs and talk about drugs, but not USE the drugs? Seems like an odd way to go.

-John

 

[LoneWolfer]

Swears are just words with pizzazz. I wish youtube and anyone who has a problem with swears (not to be confused with slurs, hate speech or bigoted dog whistles) would just stop with the whole certain words are bad because some religious schmuck thinks they invoke the wraith of a god that at best went out for smokes two thousand years ago and never came back. But I'm not a big wig or a creator with clout so fuck me and my opinion.

 

[R-Rated]

But I'm not a big wig or a creator with clout so fuck me and my opinion.

That last line...

 

[R-Rated]

So your character can deal drugs and talk about drugs, but not USE the drugs? Seems like an odd way to go.

-John

Man, everyone knows you don't get high on your own supply...

 

[Meifesto]

So your character can deal drugs and talk about drugs, but not USE the drugs? Seems like an odd way to go.

-John

Or... you character ingame can use drugs and sell it.
But you can't smoke a joint while playing said game.

 

[Moto Mengy]

I try my best not to swear while filming simply because I don't want to be bothered to edit in a BEEP while I'm editing the motovlog together.


I do fail at that goal quite regularly though...

 

[Drakhen99]

I try my best not to swear while filming simply because I don't want to be bothered to edit in a BEEP while I'm editing the motovlog together.


I do fail at that goal quite regularly though...

You use Davinci Resolve - just create a "blur mouth" adjustment clip with a blurred circle in it, add that over the video and track it to your mouth. Takes 15 seconds. Then, have a bleep sound in your Power Bins for just such an occasion. Drop it on the audio track for SFX and trim to length. Takes maybe 15 seconds.

Total time: 30 seconds per instance. NBD

PS: NBD = No Big Deal (not Next Business Day, as it would be in a business setting)

-John