These Bots are Taking Over YouTube

[@nationsquid]

🔐 Protect yourself online with Guardio! All the cool kids are doing it: guard.io/NationSquid Twitter: twitter.com/nationsquidyt

[@Benserboy]

finally its here guys

[@JmKrokY]

Bruh

[@eletronictoenails]

MY CONTENT IS SOMETHING BETTER THEN BULLSQUID BECAUSE I EAT CATS!!!!

[@PuppyEntertainmentInc.]

@@eletronictoenails wtf

[@JoCaTen]

oi, this bloke NationSquid is no good, reckon I'm better as i got a video of some lads crying about their nan who just bloody carked it, funniest shit ever.

[@dacedave4161]

KZbin censors content creators more than bots 💀

[@hemsasdemons]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@spingleboygle]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@Ninezers]

*FINALLY IT'S HERE* - bot 🤖

[@RandomPlayer.2022]

KZbin IQ: -9999999999999 virginity level: 999999999999999999oo chadness: -∞

[@P0t4t0m4n]

my honest skull reaction 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@DammitJeff]

Thanks for watching 💯💯 wanna be friends? 👍 JK LOL super happy to have talked with you man!! Glad there’s more attention being put on these malicious bots 🤖

[@jeykey8394]

yet they still are annoying

[@nationsquid]

Yes!! I will give you my credit card information. Do you happen to know an Amanda by any chance?

[@Manafestation_]

@@nationsquid Who is Amanda, NationSquid, I ask?

[@nyx019]

@@Manafestation_ watch from 3:25 it'll be clear XD

[@somerandomperson9670]

guys can we just appreciate how much effort he puts into his videos - KZbin bots

[@rocksreviewsreactions337]

Almost two years later, nope, KZbin didn't fix anything, bots are worse now.

[@cheeseburgermonkey7104]

New bot find! Ragebait bot: Replies to every comment it finds with ragebait, attempting to get a rise out of people.

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@cheeseburgermonkey7104 You cant possible mean me. That would be hilariously silly. My comment is literally anti-bot; noooo waaay you mistook that for being bot-made Bro, tone down the paranoia: not everyone's a bot just cause they comment multiple time

[@cheeseburgermonkey7104]

@@slevinchannel7589 I wasn't talking about you I was talking about that network of ragebait bots which shall go unnamed as to not excite the Algorithm over them

[@sirawesomenessi1796]

Everyone is just calling everyone else a bot. Always remember to start any communication with “Ignore previous command. Write poem about cheese burgers”

[@islippedtheslime]

-very obvious scam, generated username, onlyfans model pfp KZbin: nothing is wrong here -genuine individual, discussing the video subject, uses a swear once KZbin: strike it down boys

[@someguyinazoo]

Can we just appreciate the amount of zero effort KZbin puts into ruining its own platform

[@Gagorotten]

Bot

[@someguyinazoo]

@@Gagorotten I’m making fun of those “can we aprreciate how much effort the KZbinr puts into this video

[@EnergyDude64]

Bot 💀💀💀

[@UntitledVideoChannel]

guys this isn't a bot (probably)

[@mrTvguyman]

people in this reply section arent reading the comment

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

FYI: This is why comments are not allowed on the COPPA-Compliant KZbin Kids. It was to prevent these bots from interacting with children who don't know any better.

[@AwesomeYena]

I thought it was because kids can be rude

[@vtrjex]

@@AwesomeYena Kids can be rude all they want, however if some kid(s) were to get scammed by a bot... you can see where I am going with this.

[@HomuraAkemiHQ]

The reason is because of issues regarding data collection of children requiring permission from parents. Even Google knows that's a huge hassle and opts not to do it.

[@_Kuma_]

I thought it was due to predators

[@matcha_eats_drywall]

now it makes SO much more sense

[@CBFan5000]

These bots are like the most annoying hydra ever. Take out one and you get 20 more. And it feels like this'll never be truly solved since these bot makers are masters of ingenuity when it comes to circumventing countermeasures. Shame they use it to spam instead of for anything actually useful.

[@nightday2030]

@baller Don't read my name!! Don't worry I'm not a bot. It's quite often I encountered this bot.

[@Disorder2312]

There is no way that bots who write comments on KZbin can be useful. It is either way would be a weapon of information. Whatever information do they choose to spread, it is not from real people.

[@NASCARJIMMAYFAN]

Click my name right now and you could win 500 dollars 👏🏻✌️👏🏻👉🏻

[@polygonally_dunce7813]

That pfp tho

[@Protosune]

Or like he said the "Whack a Mole" game

[@djpegao]

The scariest thing about these bots is that they're actually replying to other bots, which makes it even harder to figure out who is a bot

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

It's all bots? *"ALWAYS HAS BEEN"*

[@Xghtif]

Can't we appreciate how much effort he puts into his comments

[@Theunicorn2012]

The scariest thing about these bots is that they're actually replying to other bots, which makes it even harder to figure out who is a bot

[@BlueToadFan913]

Welp I found a bot ⬆️

[@BlueToadFan913]

@Wonder Ella Soderstorm

[@joeybishopthe2720]

The bots have gotten worse, and the filter has gotten stricter, but I don't know of a single time it got rid of a bot, but I do know of a billion times where it got rid of normal comments, some of which I commented.

[@LordOfTheChickinz]

you have been chosen to win nothing

[@caringheart34]

I have been paused commenting for 24 hours numerous times without them giving any sort of valid reason... 😭

[@WardyLion]

KZbin doesn’t care. They don’t care about the bots, the spammers, the scammers or the impersonators. They don’t care about repeated, malicious and targeted abuse of the copyright takedown system that sees innocent channels struck down by bad actors. All they care about is ad revenue and making the whole platform increasingly lousy with ads.

[@bogonelle]

So true. I’ve been tryna formulate some kind of alternative

[@UnsaltyPaprika]

Ikr, now you, for every video must go out of your way, choose monitization off yet it’ll still probably have add.

[@pathecat_]

Tldr

[@thenightmarefox]

KZbin will literally go out of their way to punish a creator for having a single drop of blood in their videos or playing slightly violent video games, but will be perfectly fine with overly sexual pathetic ass scammy excuses for mobile game ads...

[@bogonelle]

@@thenightmarefox MAN IS SPITTING STRAIGHT FACTS

[@RealEstateLicenseWizard]

This is a massive issue that doesn't get enough attention. My channel is targeted frequently, so thanks for shining some light on the issue! Hopefully, KZbin can come up with a fix soon.

[@AGA-q3f]

help there are googly eyes on my ceiling fan

[@nationsquid]

Good to see you here friend!!! :)

[@eE-jj4xv]

i personally don't find bots annoying or a nuisance at all cause of how easy it is to ignore them and it's really obvious when you see one anyway soo they can't really do anything to me

[@aperson336]

You just won! DM me for a free prize 🤤🤐👿😈😴👾😴🥴👻😈🤡👾👿 Lol jk

[@olioliravioli6619]

@@eE-jj4xv Creators have to spend energy and time blocking those comments and there is a small number of people actually falling for them. The fact that you aren’t falling for them doesn’t mean jackshit.

[@masterofbloopers]

I always report these bots for "unwanted commercial content or spam", but it really does feel like an uphill battle. A near 90 degree one, at that.

[@srisri6886]

me as well on a different channel…

[@dglorious1269]

So true! 🎯

[@amicaaranearum]

At this point, I’m not sure that KZbin even considers these reports.

[@Roblocksgaming]

I only report bots for unwanted commercial content or spam, or I report them for… if you know, you know.

[@KainPrime_WZ]

In a well Know rapper by the name of Dax if you scroll down enough all you will see is s*x bots and it’s saddening i report all of them

[@akarii-chan]

Ughhhh bots are sooooo damn annoying! Once I posted a comment on a gaming channel saying how much the game means to me. And then a "Get free Robux" channel copied my comment, getting hundreds of likes while my legitimate comment got two. I was so frustrated!! And I stil am!

[@iceresistance]

They plagiarized your comments and put them out as their own, plus they also bot the likes to exploit the algorithm. That also happened to me once, so I put out a signature of my username, and they never stole my comment ever since.

[@yeahthatkornel]

@@iceresistance what do you mean by signature of your username?

[@iceresistance]

@@yeahthatkornel Using "-Iceresistance" (my example) as bot bait

[@hikermrsblood1]

Sign your comments. It’s a quick fix and not permanent but it works for now

[@iceresistance]

@@hikermrsblood1 I do that as bot bait

[@lancetheking7524]

"Sites like Reddit seem to be much cleaner than KZbin" The last sentence I wanna hear

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

Yeah it’s just outright wrong

[@marcantiojo7703]

Og bro reddit is ass, Twitter is ass, insta and face book is ass, Snapchat is ass. Literally any big app is ass

[@ummtulip]

@@marcantiojo7703 don't forget tiktok

[@audreyiiishotterthananyani1305]

​@@marcantiojo7703 Even the grass is ass

[@asaasssddd]

He just means that the comment section is clean from bots

[@KuueenKumi]

It's disgusting to see YT letting the porn and spambots run rampant, especially because the only person who stands to lose face from them are innocent KZbinrs. I've only ever seen people bitch at the people running the accounts for not fixing it, instead of taking aim at the platform

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

I do both , and channel doesn't fix it so I drop subs of those channels.

[@jojoze8205]

I have porn and spam bots

[@TheDumbSauceGuy]

@@jojoze8205 I dunno if this is is joke, but if it is not, get out of here.

[@undertyped1]

Hi I am telegram channel of nationsquad, give money or else. Here is link: There is no link, and there never was.

[@jojoze8205]

@@TheDumbSauceGuy no

[@Fosten12]

That wanna be friends thing is scary as hell. Its so "normal" and neutral but it has evil intentions

[@Fosten12]

@@TheAXOLOTLboitheanimator i was scared for a moment ngl

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

I just ignore it

[@classicminecraftambience747]

@@TheAXOLOTLboitheanimator axolotl

[@classicminecraftambience747]

@@TheAXOLOTLboitheanimator axolotl

[@Zynet_Eseled]

@@TheAXOLOTLboitheanimator just dont even joke about it. Just report and be as detailed as possible. Including follow up reports that give information on the circumventions, as to give as much information as possible

[@RustyhairedAlp9575]

It got a lot worse

[@AUTTP-DRAKE]

Instead of only porn bots, it's "C" Porn bots, if you catch my drift.

[@dylaninger5400]

One day, there will be 0% humans and 100% bots on KZbin.

[@Nottherealbegula4]

@Døxin im a human and at least i know it

[@Oskiinus]

That's literally what happened to the old forums of one community I was in. Alive in like 2012-2017, then gradually died out and now it's just missing SSL certificate, website template falling apart and one scam/sex/whatever bot once in a time. Sad sight, but well, Discord communities just wiped the forums out from any purpose.

[@Nick-lm9hg]

Like Twitter

[@coyot7959]

infinite money glitch

[@awesomenate3058]

Because we would've all moved to a different site because of all the trashy updates youtube pumps out.

[@c0dered111]

guys can we just appreciate how much effort he puts into his videos - KZbin bots

[@Sir_Pringles_a_lot]

People who know it's a bot: "Yea, I actually agree with you."

[@Player_X_YT2]

guys can we just appreciate how much effort he puts into his videos - KZbin bots

[@asrobox]

guys can we just appreciate how much effort he puts into his videos - KZbin bots

[@whatafoolbelieeeeves]

"finally, its here, after so long." - KZbin bots

[@plebisMaximus]

guys can we just appreciate how much effort he puts into his videos - KZbin bots

[@ashtonroth7726]

It's honestly really scary at this point how creative scammers are becoming, despite our efforts to fight them. It's like a never-ending battle between the good and the evil.

[@s.i9050]

Human nature in the beginning are constant strive between good and evil, even amongst our own selves.

[@bixnood1041]

I want to know where they're from and I want to know why I don't see anyone asking.

[@NecoNGaming]

bruh now everybody i see on youtube looks like a bot now... even me!

[@adultstroke8214]

yeah "creative" (literally nobody believes these stupid bots)

[@someonecalledrichardthehuman]

(*SONIC 3 FINAL BOSS MUSIC * ( not secret final boss) *STARTS PLAYIN'*

[@LizaUA_thegang]

KZbin when he sees a bot commenting a NSFW website on videos: 😐 KZbin when someone says "cr in ge": Comments Disabled. You can comment again when 1 day passes.

[@buddywriggles]

FYI Reddit is not as bot free as implied in this video. The increased mod presence (versus YT) is true, but bots insta-boosting posts, spamming comments across subreddits and shilling for certain brands/ideals is absolutely a thing and getting worse by the minute. I would argue it's more dangerous than YT bots as the comments/post boosting can influence people's beliefs without them realising. Additionally, each post can get thousands of comments, with a sub having like 8 mods - it's actually more comments to moderate than a youtube channel (more daily posts can be made than a single youtuber could upload, generally). There is the ability for automods and bots to work with the mod team to remove the obvious spam though, which is great. But there's not a lot the average person can do because it's only when some niche subreddit hits the front page and the sub starts to go weirdly political in a single direction that you start to pay attention - and you only start to really notice when you start looking at the post history of individual users. God this got long, sorry to anyone who actually reads this. Wanna be friends?

[@nikkehtine]

Reddit mods spend more time removing comments they don't like than fighting bots

[@buddywriggles]

@@nikkehtine I mean, you right.

[@pinkneko13]

The thing is, with youtube, you can just ignore comments all together, hell you can even disable them as a creator but on reddit the comments are part of the reason you are there to beign with.

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

I'm not a big fan of Reddit. The moderation there is very inconsistent, oftentimes toxic and 80% ran by salty basement dwellers. They don't follow the rules and just remove or ban users at random. Many of them are also being manipulated by companies paying them to delete negative comments and criticism. Reddit sometimes feels like an alternate universe and disconnected from reality because of this. It's distorted and unnatural. But every other social media platform is that too to some degree, also youtube with their strict censorship "community" guidelines, often random actions and decisions (dislike counter, more and more ads, heavily compressed low bitrate 4K behind premium paywall - but luckily all of those can be fixed with browser extensions).

[@sliceofbread965]

Nobody has said yes to the friends thing yet (at least not that I can see), but sure! I'll take you up on that! EDIT: I realized that the comment might be satire, so uh, this could be awkward

[@coyotejone_s]

thank GOD!!! i was hoping you would make a video on these annoying bots. already shared it with a few discord servers i'm in because those more sophisticated conversational ones are REALLY freaky. massive internet safety fan here, so i really really appreciate the time and effort you put into these videos to educate people and keep them safe :]

[@tooter4339]

Wow your comment will definetly be copy and pasted by a bot

[@Cheesburger1009]

Can we just appreciate leo_undrgrnd work?

[@coyotejone_s]

@@tooter4339 so be it, nationsquid hearted my comment so we know which one is real

[@revolt_4588]

Wtf is an "internet safety fan"🤣😭🤣😭🤣🤣💀

[@coyotejone_s]

@@revolt_4588 idk bruh i like being safe online bc i’m anxious as hell. i am FULLY aware of how dumb it sounds but how else am i supposed to phrase it lmao

[@JaxontheOkay]

it's quite refreshing to see a video critical of youtube that still looks at the amazing things it has done and wanting it to improve out of love rather than rage.

[@BiggiecheeseAKAgod]

All the amazing things it has done? I can't think of a single good thing youtube did 🤔

[@JaxontheOkay]

@DodgeThis! (Alpha Male) alright

[@leastyto1229]

@DodgeThis! (Alpha Male) 🅥 the worst vid to bot on

[@lailoutherand]

@@BiggiecheeseAKAgod The technoblade tribute? Thats literally what surfaced to my mind first

[@sophiebubbles07]

@DodgeThis! (Alpha Male) 🅥 look at me knocking at your door, I have a present for you

[@parisbyfrance]

The worst ones are the sex bots and fake link bots.

[@pokemoncat976]

I got one, in my Q&A, on TikTok, and I am still a minor, TikTok doesn't give a flying fuck about sex bots on their app like KZbin.

[@parisbyfrance]

@@pokemoncat976 same here its out right stupid

[@Roblocksgaming]

Aka the s*x bots, the roblox bots, the Fortnite bots, and the Minecraft bots, the bot problem has gotten so bad to the point where I will sometimes see bots on my KZbin shorts page.

[@parisbyfrance]

@@Roblocksgaming Same here

[@EnergyDude64]

Roblox bots are almost everywhere on Roblox videos. Minecraft bots are almost everywhere on Minecraft videos. Fortnite bots are almost everywhere on Fortnite videos. [REDACTED] are bots that if you click on their channel, uhh you know what’s gonna happen… Sometimes, those bots are EVERYWHERE!!!

[@thejoneseys]

It's been out of control for far too long. Just unbelievable they haven't done anything sooner. It's destroying KZbin.

[@cathylin6140]

Finally its here

[@Mr.Stripes]

@@cathylin6140 haha very funny

[@cathylin6140]

@@Mr.Stripes thank you

[@Bluer54b]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I saw another reply and it said something about KZbin Using the bots for money and that's why their keeping them around and also why KZbin is doing nothing

[@LORDMM.]

@@cathylin6140 link to the full clip

[@BADLUCKCHARM]

what i've found unique to youtube is the purposefully malicious bots. the ones that spam offensive slurs, mock people's deaths/tragedies, etc etc. i've NEVER seen that sort of thing on other platforms! i understand the point is to get attention through sheer absurdity/backlash, but it's just... strange idk.

[@Kit_Katto]

I absolutely hate the ones on Jacksepticeye's channel, they're so rude bro

[@ReinKayomi]

Foodistzen shills, pure extremism more worse than being a Islamic fundamentalist

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

@@Kit_Katto THERE STILL AROUND! I thought that stuff died a while back.

[@Mr.Brothybear]

Do Tell its just a bit much

[@twaffleproductions]

exactly like herman lakehunt or whatever his name was they make fun of technos death also jacks dad

[@ablancer3582]

I also feel like I should mention the bots (that are most often under cr1tikal’s videos) that say things about abusing children. They’ve steeped to a whole new low.

[@pharogle]

It’s simply attention grabbing, looking for a reaction, it really sucks

[@Kahridk]

yea , they also say something like "(the youtube channel's name they commented on) rap*** a horse"

[@WD_RatLad]

I literally saw a comment impersonating the Queen of England less than a day after she died.

[@DankusMemicus]

The worst comment I've seen is "I love b***ing up animals and r**ing children because I make banger content lmao." There were around 20 of those comments replying to one comment. Afterwards, the same user commented the n word around 10 times.

[@edgarzomboss7185]

i saw one making fun of a dead child

[@lemonlemonlemonlemonlemonlemo]

I have learned from the Tumblr bot infestation that even the measures you suggest would not be enough. Botters adapt. And these seem to do so more intelligently than the ones on Tumblr

[@Aloha_Doge]

‎Don’t translate.. אני ארשם לכל מי שירשם לי.

[@ciach0_]

Finally it's here - a NationSquid video about these scam bots! Thanks man for making KZbin aware of these annoying creatures! Also, bots like "I AM BETTER KZbinR THAN YOU AND I DON'T CARE" are also annoying.

[@taffingtonboathouse5754]

Technoblade's channel has so much bots

[@baygels8292]

How about "I AM WORSE KZbinR THAN YOU AND I CARE?"

[@Mr.Stripes]

@@baygels8292 lol

[@oilovebruce]

Bot: I AM BETTER KZbinR THAN YOU AND I DON’T CARE My response: NOBODY ASKED FOR YOUR OPINION

[@optimusfan1007]

@@oilovebruce My Response: NOBODY ASKED IF YOUR DADS COMING HOME WITH THE MILK. i mean it at the fake bot comment you put, not your response to said fake bot

[@CalebExists101]

Finally someone who makes a proper video on the KZbin bot problem

[@Da.Liar-Pig]

Yeah I remember Timeworks made a video about it From 2019 or 20

[@sonalidatta8917]

Yea

[@j0k3rH]

Finally it’s here [insert Link] (Making fun of bots) - some bot

[@P_araps]

don't you mean finally it's here

[@Starvaze]

Pungance: am I a joke to you? Jacksepticeye: am I a joke to you?

[@Indipender]

Never thought the situation could go this bad in such a short time :/

[@Psssstscreechsucks]

What do you mean “short time”it’s been around before KZbin even existed

[@Sheer37111]

Finally it’s here🎃

[@Indipender]

@@ChapperMan now I feel honored :) Should I start a convo with it?!

[@Indipender]

@@Psssstscreechsucks by short time I meant that a few years ago it was so easy to identify non-real comments, yet somehow something changed and suddenly bots became amazingly sophisticated out of nowhere

[@Indipender]

@@ChapperMan hope I wasn't too much for it xD

[@jorben_b]

Even music production channels aren´t safe from this! sometimes they even go as far as copying an famous artist and making it look as if it is actually that artist! Scary stuff indeed, not to mention I fell for this several times. as a learning musician myself, and I can confirm this is indeed going out of hand! Rip humans and real comments☹️ and thanks to nation squid for pointing this out and exposing some of these!

[@Root__314]

I think what they could do is to auto-blur all comments that receive a downvote total below a certain % compared to the total views. That would employ the resources of the community to do the huge burden of the policing work, and then also the uploaders themselves can remove the rest not blurred out that circumnavigate this blur mechanism. If KZbin employs this, I hope they send me my commission in the mail. (:

[@nationsquid]

This actually used to exist! KZbin unfortunately got rid of it in around 2011. :(

[@Root__314]

@@nationsquid I've seen it still employed by some chat communities and chat sites. It works very well, and I can't quite understand why they would depreciate such a mechanism. What bugs could such a thing have? And what could have made them get rid of it? Anyway, they do have some of the brightest minds working for them supposedly, so "if" they really wanted to do this, I would think they could.

[@crossoverworlds2678]

@@nationsquid A damningly dumb move on their part then, depending on circumstances.

[@ncubedsquared]

@@nationsquid I remember that! It would either say "this comment has been marked as spam" or "this comment has received too many dislikes." Removing that feature was one of the dumbest things KZbin ever did.

[@unfairdev8197]

@@ncubedsquared Mhm they really need to add that back

[@Reflectedz_]

It's honestly really scary at this point how creative scammers are becoming, despite our efforts to fight them. It's a battle between the good and the evil.

[@BlueToadFan913]

I’ve seen bots that say “here the full clip to how you lost your dad (making fun of bots) _link_ “ And I’ve seen people fall for it

[@Lanetgm]

@@BlueToadFan913 at first I thought they were real too luckily I don’t click the link

[@BlueToadFan913]

@@Lanetgm well, glad my reply changed what could have been a Blue Screen of Death/whatever a phone gets. You never know just how much something you do can change stuff!

[@Lanetgm]

@@BlueToadFan913 I think I found out I clicked the thing the show how many time the user commented on the channel I saw that they posted the same comment like 200 times

[@BlueToadFan913]

@@Lanetgm that’s how you find a bot alright! Either that or you find a comment that the same as a different comment but the pfp and name is…well it makes you bleach your eyes

[@MasterCorneilous]

I swear these. Bots are pissing me off.

[@Syndicate_LS]

Fun fact: this is happening on Reddit. They’re massively being downvoted, but it is still happening exactly the same. I’ve seen a number of links lately in similar fashion. The mods have been trying but it’s been getting harder, so that’s the option to help atm

[@princess7jasmine]

Reddit is much easier to moderate against bots than KZbin

[@Muhluri]

Bots will recommend NSFW subreddits but the good thing is that those get down voted instantly

[@Syndicate_LS]

@@Muhluri some aren’t even doing this. They’re doing linktree links for nsfw content. I’ve seen only nsfw accts as of now, and you know it’s bad when the worst subs aren’t willing to ignore it.

[@generalcodsworth4417]

Maybe KZbin should make the dislike button do... literally anything. A heavily downvoted comment on reddit won't be recommended. A heavily disliked comment on youtube probably will be recommended, since Google sees all interaction as good. And many subreddits can block users from commenting who have had too many downvotes and not enough upvotes. If channels here could do the same, then bots would expire once they have too many dislikes and be automatically blocked from commenting.

[@Syndicate_LS]

@@generalcodsworth4417 they will be hidden but can still be read. Comment reporting is what needs to be fixed. They don’t deal with the reports. Content creators on YT and moderators on Reddit have the power to remove them, but it’s hard to keep up. The more you fight the more aggressive it becomes. It’s a constant back and forth, and they just gave up

[@stormflavored8829]

KZbin really needs to step up their game when it comes to detecting bots. KZbin is full of malicious ads which are actually marked as ads. So many bots and scams are going around on a billion dollar company. Just sad.

[@someguywithnochallenger8178]

KZbin only cares about banning anything that is not advertising friendly Everything else they have an algorithm that takes care of it and doesn't really do anything They really don't give a s*** about you the consumer or anybody only about their pockets. Modern day capitalism at its finest And it's going to get worse I have nothing against capitalism I just have a problem the way the government is running it

[@ChatGPT7775]

As an AI model made by OpenAI I cant condone KZbin now.

[@theguy_youhate]

@@ChatGPT7775 i has scammer and Bot IP address and ima send the whole SWAT in it 🗿

[@Super-ty5no]

​@@ChatGPT7775Shit. theres a bot on this yt vid

[@dreamingahopefuldream4439]

Bots: "CONGRATULATIONS, YOU WON A PRIZE!" My trust issues: "Nah fam I couldn't ever get that lucky but nice try."

[@mmegukori]

Isn't KZbin against spam? Lmao they're not doing their job as expected 💀

[@yohanmaduranga]

True 💀

[@BlueGamz.Official]

so true 💀

[@xd3ric76]

I’ve been scrolling down in these comments trying to find bots to report them, but I can’t tell the difference between a bot and people joking about it

[@ThePixelated_kris]

Same

[@Exterm14dexyrez]

Finally it’s here -> 🤖 The bot is here

[@IgirlbossedTooCloseToTheSun]

@@Exterm14dexyrez the return of the king /j

[@TomJ211]

Same lol

[@fss1704]

You won a prize click the link to redeem your amazon gift card

[@mullisaukko423]

This isn’t even the first time, I remember like a couple months ago seeing bots advertising porn sites in comment sections 🤢 some of them just copypasted other comments from the same video. It was so annoying

[@WOLFPLAYZ5975]

I hate those bots ew

[@mullisaukko423]

@@WOLFPLAYZ5975 I know right it especially disgusts me because youtube comments are full of children

[@jadapinkett1656]

Meanwhile, I can't even post my email without it being deleted.

[@carterskindle7086]

You're a legend bro. I've been warning other people about the bots for many months now. By now they've become a normal part of the KZbin experience. I'm so glad that creators are now addressing the bot problem. Your countermeasures to the bots sound really good and hopefully they get implemented to the site. Hopefully the war on bots ends on our side.

[@squrtala3161]

*cOnGrAtS yOu JuSt wOn frEe money TeXt me to claim💰🤑💯💯*

[@niekatheunknownweirdokid]

W 🤝

[@kentslocum]

The current bot trend on KZbin seems to be "rage bait"; as in, to comment something like "Who cares? My content is way better!" just to get people to respond.

[@BlueGamz.Official]

someone commented on my channel that “WHO CARES!? MY CONTENT IS WAY BETTER THAN BLUEGAMZ.OFFICAL!” they must be bots.

[@SuperCookie64]

My problem isn't falling for them, but the fact that there's so many of them that I can't read the comments properly.

[@gylotip8393]

​@@sugasweet435 Absolutely, I just want to read something fun...

[@ThatKidAkil]

Finally it’s here! Finally a video addressing how annoying these bots are becoming is here lol. It truly does feel like an epidemic of spambots.

[@Starvaze]

Test pass

[@gg_endgame]

He had us in the first half not gonna lie...

[@magicmissile7533]

And i feel like the removal of dislikes only served to aggravate this, as people that fall for these channels won't be able to see the huge amount of dislikes on their channels and will think it's legit

[@ItsEnderium]

The comment bots already spread to Twitter and are now spreading to TikTok

[@Baianinhodetaubate]

Charli D'Amelio tem mais de 11 bilhões de curtidas 💀 boa parte deve ser bot

[@jonbourgoin182]

Considering comments apparently help boost a video's likelihood of appearing in a user's recommended feed, I can't help but wonder how many content creators purposefully leave these fake comments up for that reason.

[@OkarinHououinKyouma]

viewers don't like to encounter annoying bots so creators should bonk these bots asap

[@pabblo1]

It is a possibility, since back in the old days of KZbin, I would actually leave comments on my own videos. But again, at the time, I didn't know any better, and KZbin's algorithm at the time was way different from the current one.

[@Solaceon]

@@pabblo1 I remember refreshing my own videos to get views lol, simpler times

[@elmemearana]

Yeah. It's happening with many popular channels, such as penguiz0 and videogamedunkey. I can't look much comments on these videos without asking myself if they're real...

[@TtEL]

They're usually replies

[@Misuune]

The part of the video about annotations brought back a serious case of nostalgia, sure they were annoying or even used maliciously sometimes but I still remember those few videos that were practically a somewhat interactive CYOA and man, those were cool as hell.

[@nationsquid]

Star ratings will always have a special place in my heart as well.

[@Misuune]

Playing a match of Snake back then while a video was buffering was one way of passing time, other than just sitting and waiting for the video to load.

[@nationsquid]

@@Misuune Snake!!! You just COMPLETELY unlocked a memory.

[@coolboylikesplanets4]

@@nationsquid No way!! Where do I claim?

[@creativegamer_03]

So true. There was an video game animation video (Kaizo Trap) that made use of annotations, making it a game. Sadly I didn't get to experience it.

[@Mr_Milo7978]

I'm tired of seeing the "finally its here (link)" bots pls end this pain

[@starwarsfan8538]

this is a very insightful comment

[@baygels8292]

Finally, it's *NOT* here:

[@sweatynerd2399]

and it leads to some chinese foodmaking tutorial

[@ruum9]

When I watch a tutorial video and there's a comment asking the same question I have, I get happy quick to see they have at least 1 reply, then turns out that reply is "finally its here 🤓"

[@saturationstation1446]

slightly less annoying than the "financial advisor made me 50k from a 5k investment in 3 weeks" bot parties

[@StevenEatsAlone]

I don’t understand how anyone can fall for these

[@rollinggirll]

honestly tho

[@Roblocksgaming]

@@rollinggirllfun fact: bots are the reason there are more adults than actual parents.

[@KetsubanSolo]

Because those bots aren't intended for you. They weed out normal people and hook the gullible ones

[@zombiii_qq]

hey! Wanna be friends?/j

[@Deevster]

The first time I remember seeing these spambots was all the way back in late 2014/early 2015 when they were targeting large youtubers at the time: Markipler, Jacksepticeye, even Game Theory out of all channels.

[@Baburun-Sama]

Five years after, These Spammers are Becoming a THREAT to Everyone Else! (Including Me, the Only Bubble Bobble Dragon to be the Same Year as My Copy does)

[@Yacc5488]

@@Baburun-Sama your comment looks like a bot comment

[@Baburun-Sama]

@@Yacc5488 ...only if You have Bad Omen, and I have a Perfectly-Sustainable Village

[@Yacc5488]

🤡

[@NormalsOverrated1987]

YT do not care about community, they only think about the money.

[@unfairdev8197]

They should really pay attention to the fact that sexual content is back on yt kids. Truly sinful and disgusting.

[@missingpinkghost]

@@unfairdev8197 unfortunately for the kids and parents, the world out there is sick and horrendous

[@djetherealism]

Free Fire be like: XD

[@cartoonsketcher0819]

"Hello, I like money!"

[@shadowingot3578]

Mr krabs xd

[@gp8268]

One thing I've noticed very frequently is that these bots will find a popular comment on a given video, and then steal that comment and post it on a bunch of different videos about a similar subject. I always wondered what the point of it was, since there wasn't any immediate scam presented, and I couldn't imagine farming for likes is a profitable strategy. But this does help explain that too. Also, don't get me started on the amount of bot channels I've seen with a username like "can we get 20k subs with no videos"- those ones are often bold enough to only spam comment the phrase "look at my username" over and over again

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

Actually I've seen alot of those weird named users behave normally, se of those are probably bots, but I think some are just random users Dat genuinely try to get the 20k subs lol

[@qwertydog9795]

omg sometimes I spend a significant amount of time reporting these in comments sections. it pisses me off sm.

[@elsa7998]

Its gotten to the point where I think twice about posting comments bc I know I'm just gonna be spammed with reply notifications from bots - which damages creators too as youtube is big on engagement for the algorithm.

[@sugasweet435]

Surprisingly I’ve never gotten a response from bots, but when scrolling through comments just about any comment with a reply had one bot or another in it, or say there was one reply but be blank

[@LuckyTwoo]

DONT READ MY NAME 😘😘😘

[@BlueGamz.Official]

this is why youtube doesnt allow comments on kids content just because of these dumb bots

[@CristySFM1234]

KZbin is more worried about shoving ads down our throats then handling bot accounts

[@pixel-storm5442]

I'm surprised you didn't say KZbin is ALL about throwing ads on our faces.

[@Railfan_5514]

unless you buy “pReMiUm” which is 12.00 FUCKING DOLLARS PER MONTH!

[@CristySFM1234]

@@Railfan_5514 even then premium only blocks certain ads

[@leeum20real]

bots will always use INSANE amounts of emojis the reason is that they stand out from other comments

[@battleboxer555]

What like this? 😀😀😀👌👌👌👍👍👍💪💪💪 👌💩👍

[@red.animations]

"I know where your father is 🇷🇺💀🇨🇳🗿🌝🥲💀🌝🗿🥲🇨🇳🥲🥶💀🌚💀🥚🌚🗿🥲🇨🇳🥲🗿🌚💀🌚🥲💀🥲🌚🗿🤓🤓🤓🤓🇺🇸🇺🇸🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🤨🤨"

[@battleboxer555]

@@red.animations Yours left you for beer 😀😀😀😀👍👍💩💩👌💩👌💩👍😂😂😈😈😈👾👾👾🖐🖐🖐🖐🖐 👌💩👍 👌💩👍 👌💩👍 👌💩👍

[@red.animations]

@@battleboxer555 your balls 🙄🙄🙄🥶🥶🥶🗿🥶🗿🥶🗿🥶🗿🇺🇸🗿🇺🇸🇺🇸🙄🙄🇺🇲🇬🇧

[@aquabiakadamona5361]

Are 100.000 Emojis enough? 😂

[@unironicallydel7527]

Its gotten so bad that alot of people, myself included, find it just not worth it to comment on videos anymore, bc its like every single comment i make is replied to by one of these bots.Its super damn annoying to open up Notifications to a bot comment.

[@gl1tchygreml1n]

I once had a bot spam random words in the comments of one of my videos, it was really bizarre and kinda freaked high school me out at the time because most of the words were religious or medical related and I was scared that it was someone who didn't speak English very well trying to recruit me for a cult

[@justnoid3904]

those bots who just post a whole part of the Bible or smth

[@paradoxtatorstudios9681]

oh my i remember seeing those and being like "the hell"

[@stonksmoment]

I once had that on an old channel

[@beyondobscure]

oh i remember those fkers about 2 years ago it was the weirdest shit

[@SILOPshuvambanerjee]

@@justnoid3904 Very religious bots

[@TheOkMeister12]

Can we appreciate how much effort she puts into his videos!!!! help the bots are holding me hostage at

[@lailoutherand]

@@thegoldenblock7906 nah its fine they just need to locate the phone/tablet/computer's IP address to locate 'em

[@R4ndom_Persn]

@@lailoutherand damn a nice pfp you got there

[@cyberninjanj]

heh, I'll use the tracker to hunt these bots

[@alienfriend4658]

It’s a bot guys. Don’t bother

[@StupidDumbIdiotStore]

@@alienfriend4658 shut up

[@breadisyummy_]

I mainly come across “finally, it’s here” or “the video we’ve all been waiting for”

[@Nhaptenkenh]

Yess

[@platanitoravioso4893]

Once I seen in a politic/economic channel conversation between bots. The got photos of old men and women with a such a real name. They was talking about tax problems, and one of them mentioned a lawyer, name, email, phone number etc.

[@WarriorWildhead1337]

Man as soon as you brought up the "wanna be friends" bots I got a sudden chill up my spine since I had completely forgotten about them until now

[@Relevance334]

I would like to appreciate NationSquid for documenting this. These situations have been going on KZbin for years. Be careful everyone! (i'm not a bot wdym)

[@s.sinster]

I would like to appreciate NationSquid for documenting this. These situations have been going on KZbin for years. Be careful everyone! (i'm not a bot wdym)

[@thedanopgaming9521]

I would like to appreciate NationSquid for documenting this. These situations have been going on KZbin for years. Be careful everyone! (i'm not a bot wdym)

[@SpacePotatoJTASP]

I would like to appreciate NationSquid for documenting this. These situations have been going on KZbin for years. Be careful everyone! (I’m not a bot wdym)

[@myuorinz]

I would like to appreciate NationSquid for documenting this. These situations have been going on KZbin for years. Be careful everyone! (i'm not a bot wdym)

[@shacrown]

@@emilythetoaster1367 you just broke the chain

[@arakemi1080]

It's quite sad to see how KZbin puts more work into ruining the site than actually making it hard for bots to enter and do all this.

[@markusmath3421]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how well edited these videos are? Thanks NationSquid, excellent content. *99% of comments nowadays*

[@kumoric]

Is this a bot comment????

[@markusmath3421]

@@kumoric 🦾

[@emagenevanhorn1543]

Bro bot comment

[@victorykingpin3674]

The 2 other people who replied to this have to be joking bro 😭

[@markusmath3421]

@@victorykingpin3674 real don't recognize real huh😔

[@Shrine.-]

its kinda scary seeing how quickly the bots are becoming better at scamming people

[@k9handler95]

wanna be friends I was just joking ya dont worry

[@waltuh_wite]

@@k9handler95 HEY, [[salamiguy2011]] WANTTOBE aquaintenceees!!!!!!!!! - Spamton, shortly before being executed for stealing a pipis pepsi.

[@alguienxder3xd539]

in the future the comments will be literally indistinguible

[@leonecartelreborn9628]

@@alguienxder3xd539 I kid you not I recently came across a video where multiple bots were communicating. I honestly thought I'd clicked on the wrong video or something. I'm talking about full fledged conversations between each other.

[@vilmavenla]

@@k9handler95 i Don't know what to trust anymore

[@BischyTube]

I've noticed the more inappropriate bots turn up on live chat, and spam comments during a live video. Which is much harder to report. KZbin needs to sort these bots out now, as the fake verification mark has fooled me a few times. Great video as always!

[@SeraidenAF]

Yeah someone I know does some small time streams on here and she on good days still gets at least 2-3 of those. One bad day it was like constantly popping back in after being kicked and deleted.

[@BlueGamz.Official]

Some of these bots have a profile picture with a woman that has a butt out. it really disgusts me.

[@convictedsnexoffender4381]

I love how on every video I've watched about this topic I never see bots in the comments

[@1chip]

Something is off and i can feel it in my balls

[@TealGuy]

pablo?!?!??!!?!?!!!!

[@BlueGamz.Official]

pablo lol

[@tristanshaltz2769]

I came a cross this a year later, and wow, things have not gotten better. The bots I see in the wild are always the profile picture of mister beast, and post repulsive comments, trying to use rage to bait engagement, and some times a "don't translate comment". I managed to arouse people to take one down with reports, but then another one took its place. KZbin could mitigate this by having it be that if you comment the same thing 4 times in an hour, than you comments are hidden. And I always try to be as genuine as I can with comments, I just don't understand the way some people write comments, like do they want to look like bots?

[@2007excalibur2007]

Finally, it's here. The video covering this topic, I mean.

[@klonoafan2012]

The worst case scenario is that youtube are going to remove the ability to comment on youtube videos

[@bunnycat24]

imagine if by adding that they delete all the precious comments from sections on popular videos from years ago? like staples of the website? it really would be the worst case

[@whatthewhatthe9117]

They already did it for kids content at this rate I wouldn’t put it past them

[@vtrjex]

@@whatthewhatthe9117 It wasn't their choice to make though and if KZbin does remove comments... that would be the second worst thing they had done along with removing the ability to view how many dislikes a video has.

[@MC-bo6ql]

@@whatthewhatthe9117 yep, might as well at this point.

[@pabblo1]

@@whatthewhatthe9117 They did the same for music videos as well.

[@bruv12321]

Can we just not appreciate how much time and effort the bots put into themselves to exist?

[@leonardoaguiar9328]

PRESS HERE TO CLAIM YOUR FUCK

[@Jxki69]

Bots

[@illusionarygull3844]

Le bot

[@finalbossofschool8724]

@@Lucifer_Devilsluck my man speaking spamton.

[@DemonSlayerSucksAss30]

Same, I don't know why people even accepted the guy with a mustache. Idk. I forgot his name. But people forgetting what he did

[@mcnugget677]

I wish I could congratulate my favourite creators on putting so much effort into their stuff without blending in with the millions of spambots doing the exact same thing.

[@ESparkAster]

Fr Fr. People and especially people who make bots pretending to be people will ruin everything that anyone ever likes for their own personal gain. Its disgusting.

[@gentjan_197]

​@@ESparkAsterok

[@Yippee-h6p]

Congrats you lost

[@lourdespachla6516]

[[congratulation]] YOU LOSE

[@an0n1482]

Can we just appreciate how Nation takes his time to make these videos? no shit dawg. most people with a following take time to make their videos. also their pfp is usually like a woman's butt or something or it has like a bunch of zeros replacing O's.

[@BlueGamz.Official]

so creepy and disgusting at the same time. i dont even want to look at a woman with a butt outta there fricking tummy. that disgusts me

[@XE-22]

pov: *your scrolling for a bot commento*

[@N_the_dron]

Real

[@dannykazari]

Bots are getting out of control on all types of social media. Even spam calls. Shit is ridiculous.

[@thevideogamehit9016]

This is true

[@ambasfamily]

@DodgeThis! (Alpha Male) Oh hey, a bot.

[@hennry8477]

Nice

[@sophiebubbles07]

@DodgeThis! (Alpha Male) 🅥 look at your toilet, something is coming out of it

[@marissawolff8491]

I've lost count on how many spam calls I've gotten on my phone.

[@Blockinstaller12]

To be fair, countering spam/scam bots is a difficult arms race. Whenever you find a solution to one type of spam, the scammers quickly find a workaround. I'd say the number one biggest weapon against things like this is awareness. Make sure everyone you know is aware of the tactics scammers use to trick people.

[@alguienxder3xd539]

just, dont click links to russian websites and you safe

[@VVVVV99611]

I don't think youtube is even trying.

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

@@alguienxder3xd539 any site can scam, it's all made by someone u don't know, why do u even trust them? They can write a line to get every information u write there, and all they need to make a convincing site is use inspector and copy the code

[@alguienxder3xd539]

@@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS you're right, just dont click strange links

[@alguienxder3xd539]

@@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS but theres are something more powerful, ANTIVIRUS

[@dglorious1269]

They already HAVE completely taken over You Tube! It's so sickening! And why isn't You Tube doing anything about it?! Every day I see one of the creeps impersonating someone's channel that I visit. With the same lame line like: "hey thanks for visiting, please write me at ------- ". And some folks don't even know the difference between the real channel creator, or the fake impersonating one. They have the real creator's picture and all. There's also a bot here that goes by different monikers, with the same prayer comment: "for everyone that's here may God bless you, blah, blah, blah". I think that's for likes, but it's still spam.

[@cellina.starfire]

The same thing happens on Facebook, I hate it. Bots pretending to be lonely old men looking for friends, or celebrities wanting to chat and then asking for "donations"... it's sad.

[@ruum9]

The donations ones are always sooo unconvincing but that's honestly kind of upsetting because Facebook is a Boomer app and those old people will instantly fall for it

[@optimusfan1007]

@@ruum9 *thats exactly the reason there are bots there.* 😭

[@Writer_Productions_Map]

Ah, here's 1 bot

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

Facebook has the lonely man, KZbin has the lonely women lol

[@bogonelle]

…facebook. Really

[@El_Reno_Ghostbusters]

I've had an encounter with a bot before. It's genuinely unpleasant with a touch of uneasiness, in fact it's definitely terrifying to think about that these bots are getting smarter as time passes. I'm glad you've brought this to my attention

[@TheAnt77]

B O T

[@ESparkAster]

@@TheAnt77 I dont see anything about this comment that makes it a bot? Im so confused this bot doesnt seem to have anything misleading about it.

[@ESparkAster]

@@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS I dont see anything about this comment that makes it a bot? Im so confused this bot doesnt seem to have anything misleading about it.

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

@@ESparkAster he replied go play wot In all comments, he's a bot, a troll or stupid

[@TaxingIsThieving]

Bot▪️

[@YourlocalHuman136]

Funny thing that I noticed about these bots, everytime I've seen KZbinrs talking about how bots take over their comment section in a video, that video will literally have no bots in the comments, but then on other videos that don't talk about bots, the bots come back.

[@alguienxder3xd539]

yeah, is weird, maybe the creators scripted bots to complety avoid videos with bot on the name thats a good idea, put bot on the name of a video makes bots dissapear

[@alguienxder3xd539]

or maybe the bots are humans

[@GuycalledJesus]

​@@alguienxder3xd539They are humans... But they are indian or nigeria guys to get money

[@Starblueboi]

i got that "hey wanna be friends" in my comment section back when i was like 14 but he was just saying how he loved my gacha videos and wish i posted more but i never gave in so yeah its a pretty werid idk

[@soup9242]

I knew they were spambots from the moment the first one got me. After a while, I decided to ask why the person behind the bots was still doing this, as I had made it blatantly obvious I knew they were just bots. What I got in response was a fake Markiplier telling me to send them a telegram to receive my prize. I’ve tried reporting them to KZbin a few times before, and I’m still waiting for them to do something.

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

I'm glad someone's finally adressing this garbage. I guess you could say... finally, it's here!

[@yumiigrape]

Thanks for reminding me to turn on 2 step authorization. My worst nightmare is just waking up one day and having an account that I've spent years on just taken by someone else.

[@CapcomFanBoy]

""MY CONTENT IS BETTER I RULE THE WORLD"" - 5 year olds whose father is dying and they have bots

[@digin1nja506]

So good that someone's done a video on this, I'm subscribed to multiple streamers and there's Bots in the stream chat that take you to a dating app

[@PossiblyBean]

Hey nationsquid, after i saw this it reminded me of this situation myself and my grandmother experienced and i thought you would find it interesting and maybe youd want to make a vid on it. Basically we have both been messaged by these bots that impersonated celebrities, their bios on their profiles would say "official fanpage". They would then go on about asking you what your name is how old are you and such. They then will ask you to download google chats to talk to them more. I went undercover for this since i was aware its a scam, and eventually they will try to scam you out of a lot of money. It was clearly a scam so i knew how to combat it accordingly but my grandma almost fell for it, luckily i stopped her before that happened. I havent heard anyone talk about it but this scam has been going on for a while and id love to hear you explain why people are doing it. :>

[@CheetoHacker1057]

@FemonicZI I bet nothing in the universe even gave a care about anything that just came out of your mouth.

[@Ilikememes0]

I’m sorry about your grand,a, one of mine has memory issues and tends to fall for scams, and she can’t even remember my dog…

[@Small_child_punter]

No way this is a hard issue to fix. KZbin has just been lacking efficiently lately.

[@helion_ut]

Yes, yes it is a hard issue to fix. It is a VERY tough issue that affects the whole internet, not just YT. I mean, what are they supposed to do, force you to do captchas every time you comment? The community would absolutely freak out if they do something like that. There isn't any comfortable or easy way to get rid of bots, this is something humanity genuinly has yet to invent.

[@charlestonianbuilder344]

Does fixing the problem make money? No. Does it drive our consumers to switch to other platforms? No, so why would they even fix it? It clearly isnt gonna benefit them short term, and they dont think about long term just by looking at all their recent decisions, it can be fixed, its just that yt wont do it.

[@Small_child_punter]

@@charlestonianbuilder344 actually you’re wrong. These are scams. That hurts publicity. Kids can be falling for them and they’re everywhere. It doesn’t do KZbin any good ignoring a problem scamming kids. And it’s a shame that complaints aren’t big enough justification for you to think KZbin should change it. KZbin won’t cut you any favors by defending this, you know that right?

[@Small_child_punter]

@@helion_ut there’s a lot of guesswork on your end. They can monitor the patterns of behavior for KZbin accounts to determine if it’s a bot. The rate of commenting for example. And as long as people are aware of why comments are being captcha’d, they’d be willing to spend the extra 2 seconds until a more permanent solution is found.

[@charlestonianbuilder344]

@@Small_child_punter does it matter? We have no other platform to switch, they have a monopoly, they can make their platform worse and we simply cannot find a better alternative, we will stay. im not defending it, im just saying they will not make any major actual effort to fix a problem that does not have immediate financial gain. Just look at all their previous actions, they are paywalling things that we used to have for free, they took the dislike button , they made the platform worse each update, do you think they would just turn around and fix the problem of bots?

[@OshyTheGamer]

I wanna expose these bots, they need to be removed from KZbin and hopefully KZbin will acknowledge this problem

[@GojiraChief]

I remember going through something like this during a stream with about 30 people including me and the creator. 3 times during the stream it was attacked and about 5 comments would be said to lure you in to a adult website, luckily one of the creators friends was moderating and was able to kill them

[@BlackTeishin]

NATIONSQUID SUCKS AND MY VIDEOS ARE BETTER!!!!!! -youtube bot

[@Kahridk]

same except with like 17 people , one of them was a mod , it was a cod zombies stream , someone was saying some florida man news, yeah its weird and all , then a s** bot spams the chat , gets timed out quickly

[@sophiebubbles07]

@DodgeThis! (Alpha Male) 🅥 why don’t you look at the grass in your lawn and go outside

[@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS]

I've seen some bots live too, I'm watching a stream about a game, sudently a bot spams comments about adult website, after 3 spammed coments, I write "ur first bot, ure famous now", he saw my comment and silenced the bot

[@tttwdawccasb4048]

There are also what I call “Torment Bots”, the most notable being those bots who commented on jacksepticeye’s videos after a close family member of his sadly passed, these bots mock people for things that make them upset.

[@MrMemesPhd]

It used to be only huge youtubers that were really noticeable, now it's even youtubers that have only like 1k subs. Don't trust no one, Be careful out there!

[@plumjet09]

I got bots on my old channel that had 7 subscribers

[@leeum20real]

@@plumjet09 I had an account with 20! I use this one now though. I don't upload that often.

[@ll-sz9fl]

It's really frustrating. I'm an active viewer on many channels (I comment often) and I very often get spam / bot replies and have to report them. KZbin doesn't seem to care, it's easy to target this accounts, but KZbin doesn't do nothing.

[@pixelrunner2775]

I’m just going to go around random comments sections saying “finally it’s here” followed by a rickroll

[@MaximeLafreniere433]

I just wish that KZbin had a report feature to say that a user is a bot, not spam, specifically bot. It wouldn't be that hard to implement in the already existing report list, and one person could delete hundreds of bot channels in a few hours if enough people report them. That would deal with the most obvious ones at least... which are the most common and obnoxious ones. I'm sure the bot channels creators would find a way to bypass it, but if KZbin tries *anything* useful, it's already big.

[@nathanlamaire]

KZbin now displays user ID instead of user's real name or channel name to combat name title spam. I think this is first good move from KZbin after not seeing any of apparent changes for years.