While the channel is in the shadowban, a competitor will take your place and get views. Thus, hidden blocking can be put on such streams, and traffic will begin to drop significantly. YouTube algorithms analyze traffic and may notice that viewers are leaving the website. As a rule, these resources are low quality (for example, pornographic sites and various scams). Bots are most often seen in comments to streams with links to various resources. People try to remove competitors using bots. There can be many reasons but the most common ones are listed below: Why Would Someone Set Bots on My YouTube Channel? YouTube takes care of the ecosystem, regularly analyzes the platform content, and deletes videos with inflated views/viewer reactions and “users” whose only task is to leave a certain type of comment.
Google Help states that artificially increasing views or user reactions is prohibited and may result in content removal and account termination.
The first thing to start with is the rules and requirements of the YouTube platform. We will share how to recognize bots and why even good comments from bots and fake likes are harmful to your channel. This article will analyze what to do if you notice suspicious activity on your YouTube channel.
