Monetization Keeps Disabling

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Guphanti

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Hello,
On one of my recent uploads, monetization was enabled for a few days, then is disabled again.

It says: "Your video isn't being monetized because it contains content that might not be appropriate for advertising."

This happened a few days ago, and I had never seen it before, so I deleted the video, edited it down more, removed a song (that was royalty free) and tried again. A few days later, it's back.
I edited the whole video and I know there is nothing inappropriate in there. It's simply video gameplay of GTA 5. I have plenty of other extremely similar videos that have never had this problem. I mean, there are videos with thumbnails depicting graphic sexual content all over YouTube, and those don't seem to have a problem. What is the problem here? It gives me the option to have the video reviewed again. Before I do that, I'd like to know what others think.

Thanks!
 
TheSwedishTraveler said:
It has happened on one of my videos, when I talked about my grandfather passing away!
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The video was just gameplay of a video game. There was some shooting and crashes, but it's all within the scope of normal gameplay of the game, GTA 5, of which there are a seemingly infinite number of videos uploaded to YouTube, many far worse in content. There are some videos that are very explicit and suggestive which don't have a problem. Any way, I checked the box to have it re-reviewed and it got approved. Must be a glitch.
 
Guphanti said:
The video was just gameplay of a video game. There was some shooting and crashes, but it's all within the scope of normal gameplay of the game, GTA 5, of which there are a seemingly infinite number of videos uploaded to YouTube, many far worse in content. There are some videos that are very explicit and suggestive which don't have a problem. Any way, I checked the box to have it re-reviewed and it got approved. Must be a glitch.
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where´s the box to click to re-review it?
 

I just logged back in and it is monetized again.

I read that, am well aware of it, and I am fairly certain my video does not extraordinarily violate it. There are tens of thousands if not more videos of the same game, some much worse in content that have no problem. We are all familiar with the videos on YouTube with suggestive thumbnails. Those don't have a problem. There is an inordinate issue with my video causing this to keep happening.

Thanks.
 
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Guphanti said:
I just logged back in and it is monetized again.

I read that, am well aware of it, and I am fairly certain my video does not extraordinarily violate it. There are tens of thousands if not more videos of the same game, some much worse in content that have no problem. We are all familiar with the videos on YouTube with suggestive thumbnails. Those don't have a problem. There is an inordinate issue with my video causing this to keep happening.

The video ID is UBiZ2xMnT9A if you could take a peek and see if there is any outstanding cause for this problem, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.
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I will try to do so. You said there was shooting and crashes in the video, yes? It could have been de-monetized for violent content, even if it was game footage. @TheSwedishTraveler, videos dealing with death and grieving are now commonly de-monetized by YouTube. I had it happen to a grief alleviation hypnotherapy video on one of my auxiliary channels; so even a video to help people deal with grief, is unacceptable to advertisers, at least by current YouTube algorithm standards.

@Guphanti Wow man, that is a long bit of gameplay you have there! I'm going to add it to my Watch Later list as I need to cook dinner for me and hubby. Glad you got it sorted. For my own opinion I think that particular algorithm is overly sensitive and needs adjusting.

I'm also of the opinion that, having thrown open the gates for universal monetization, YouTube is now finding itself with a financial sword at its throat, wielded by its own users. So every year, it looks for new ways to declare videos non-monetizable, so as not to have to bleed out so much cash to its creators.
 
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UKHypnotist said:
I will try to do so. You said there was shooting and crashes in the video, yes? It could have been de-monetized for violent content, even if it was game footage. @TheSwedishTraveler, videos dealing with death and grieving are now commonly de-monetized by YouTube. I had it happen to a grief alleviation hypnotherapy video on one of my auxiliary channels; so even a video to help people deal with grief, is unacceptable to advertisers, at least by current YouTube algorithm standards.

@Guphanti Wow man, that is a long bit of gameplay you have there! I'm going to add it to my Watch Later list as I need to cook dinner for me and hubby. Glad you got it sorted. For my own opinion I think that particular algorithm is overly sensitive and needs adjusting.

I'm also of the opinion that, having thrown open the gates for universal monetization, YouTube is now finding itself with a financial sword at its throat, wielded by its own users. So every year, it looks for new ways to declare videos non-monetizable, so as not to have to bleed out so much cash to its creators.
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Alright, I can accept that, I guess advertisers don´t want their ads on people dealing with death!
 
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