It should be easy to know when you’ve found the official YouTube channel of a creator, artist, brand, or public figure. So in late October, we’re updating what it means for channels to be “Verified” w/ new eligibility criteria & a new look. Details → https://yt.be/help/3QfB pic.twitter.com/JXOvMbkbns
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Replying to @TeamYouTube
What about people who make YouTube accounts under my name and use my profile picture in order to comment on things, pretending to be me? Now that I don’t have a verified badge, there’s no way for people to tell it isn’t ACTUALLY me doing that.
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Replying to @Charalanahzard
If you feel your channel needs clear proof of authenticity/meets the criteria, please appeal -- we’ll review all appeals before the update actually happens! And if your channel is being impersonated, you can report that too: https://www.youtube.com/reportabuse
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Replying to @TeamYouTube @Charalanahzard
Also! Creators commenting on their own videos will still have their name highlighted (in grey), so you can easily see when it's the official creator – that feature is separate from verification & isn't going away.
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Replying to @TeamYouTube @Charalanahzard
This really just seems like a shift to put more main stream media on trending and front page for longer periods of time and bury the handful of creators i would actually want to find and watch on YouTube
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Exactly. I come to YouTube for the content NOT airing on those craptastic networks, the content they feel isn’t worth it yet it is to me. You want to bolster your “TV” product yet the content you had from your creators was already gold, not the puke airing on networks.
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