I've got 99 problems and annotations is one. They keep disappearing.

[FamilyToyReview]

I can't find this in forums or help.

I've noticed my annotations keep disappearing when I add them to newly uploaded videos. This has been going on for the longest time and I can't figure out the problem. I noticed it happens when I add annotations to a fresh video I just uploaded. The annotatiosn are saved, and after a while I'll check back and the annotations are gone and I have to do them over. It sucks!

But if I haven't done the annotations yet and the video has been uploaded for some time already and then I add new annotations later, then they do not disappear.

I think maybe on newly uploaded videos there's some kind of issue processing and my annotations are not saved? I dunno.

I prefer to do the annotations after the upload since thats when im doing the tags and description anyways. I prefer not to come back to the video just to do annotations. It's my least favorite part of the process.

Anyways any insight appreciated.

 

[chottom]

It is very strange. Most probably it is some kind of glitch. I guess you type or at least copy paste each individual tag and you do not try to copy paste them all in the same time. May be better report it - use the Send feedback link at the bottom of the YouTube page.

 

[Kaleido]

I have the same problem. I think at this point all of my end-cards are broken, and I've already fixed them all before. It's infuriating. I used to get a lot of traffic from my end cards to my other videos, but now I don't, and I can't check and fix them every single day.

Youtube really sucks sometimes...

 

[Sabrina]

I have the same problem but I've noticed that the annotations are only gone when I playback the video myself - they're okay when someone else watches it!

One question, do you use TubeBuddy?

 

[FamilyToyReview]

I have the same problem but I've noticed that the annotations are only gone when I playback the video myself - they're okay when someone else watches it!

One question, do you use TubeBuddy?

Yes I've been using TubeBuddy for a few weeks. This annotation problem I've had before that. Tubebuddy is awesome by the way.

 

[Sabrina]

Yes I've been using TubeBuddy for a few weeks. This annotation problem I've had before that.

Ah okay, I'm using it too so I was wondering whether it's the culprit. I use the Bulk Copy Annotations tool and it's really buggy.

As for the annotation problem, I only have it on my 2nd channel and I've noticed another weirdness: I can't make the link to my main channel a "channel" link, it always becomes a "subscription" link.