Has anyone noticed Youtube is getting flooded with pornographic spam?

Oct 11th, 2016 1:42 pm

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wilson_wu [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 8, 2006; 1195 posts; 215 upvotes; Richmond Hill

Oct 11th, 2016 1:42 pm

Has anyone noticed Youtube is getting flooded with pornographic spam?

The site is becoming unusable with the amount of "pornographic" playlists when you search about anything and click "Most Recent"

What is going on?

Is there some sort of malware on my computer that is loading tons of pornographic thumbnails on Youtube (I somehow doubt that), or is everyone else here experiencing the same thing? Its VERY annoying...

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Oct 11th, 2016 1:48 pm

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Cheapo-Findo: Deal Guru; Mar 9, 2007; 13684 posts; 8694 upvotes; Think of the Childre…

Oct 11th, 2016 1:48 pm

Did you ever watch any youtube clips that's porn related?

WOULD SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

Oct 11th, 2016 1:51 pm

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Shaner: Deal Expert; Jul 5, 2004; 25224 posts; 4324 upvotes

Oct 11th, 2016 1:51 pm

That doesn't happen to me.

Oct 11th, 2016 2:47 pm

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gontori: Deal Addict; Jun 17, 2012; 2330 posts; 337 upvotes; In another world

Oct 11th, 2016 2:47 pm

wilson_wu wrote: ↑ The site is becoming unusable with the amount of "pornographic" playlists when you search about anything and click "Most Recent"

What is going on?

Is there some sort of malware on my computer that is loading tons of pornographic thumbnails on Youtube (I somehow doubt that), or is everyone else here experiencing the same thing? Its VERY annoying...

Do you have screenshots?

Oct 11th, 2016 2:49 pm

#5

Cheapo-Findo: Deal Guru; Mar 9, 2007; 13684 posts; 8694 upvotes; Think of the Childre…

Oct 11th, 2016 2:49 pm

It'll be too hot for RFD.

gontori wrote: ↑
wilson_wu wrote: ↑ The site is becoming unusable with the amount of "pornographic" playlists when you search about anything and click "Most Recent"

What is going on?

Is there some sort of malware on my computer that is loading tons of pornographic thumbnails on Youtube (I somehow doubt that), or is everyone else here experiencing the same thing? Its VERY annoying...
Do you have screenshots?

WOULD SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

Oct 11th, 2016 3:15 pm

#6

tk1000: Deal Expert; Dec 7, 2012; 32228 posts; 8552 upvotes; GTHA

Oct 11th, 2016 3:15 pm

wilson_wu wrote: ↑ The site is becoming unusable with the amount of "pornographic" playlists when you search about anything and click "Most Recent"

What is going on?

Is there some sort of malware on my computer that is loading tons of pornographic thumbnails on Youtube (I somehow doubt that), or is everyone else here experiencing the same thing? Its VERY annoying...

I never get these pornographic playlists, what are the keywords you are using to search with?

Are you flagging them?

Flag inappropriate content
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802027

Oct 11th, 2016 3:17 pm

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apnayloags: Deal Fanatic; Nov 13, 2010; 6984 posts; 1335 upvotes; Scarborough

Oct 11th, 2016 3:17 pm

too much of useless content on youtube bcaz everyone wants to be famous.

Oct 11th, 2016 3:21 pm

#8

wal3145: Deal Addict; Dec 15, 2011; 3049 posts; 631 upvotes

Oct 11th, 2016 3:21 pm

Op, please post some said links. I have yet to see such things on YouTube.

Oct 11th, 2016 3:21 pm

#9

Cheapo-Findo: Deal Guru; Mar 9, 2007; 13684 posts; 8694 upvotes; Think of the Childre…

Oct 11th, 2016 3:21 pm

But you still go on there nonetheless...

apnayloags wrote: ↑ too much of useless content on youtube bcaz everyone wants to be famous.

WOULD SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

Oct 11th, 2016 3:23 pm

#10

BluePhirePB: Deal Fanatic; Sep 6, 2007; 6472 posts; 1979 upvotes

Oct 11th, 2016 3:23 pm

I've never see those types of ads on Youtube. Then again I've been using Adblocker for a while so I haven't seen a lot of ads in general.

Oct 11th, 2016 3:26 pm

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akito925: Deal Guru; Jan 11, 2004; 10006 posts; 835 upvotes; Toronto

Oct 11th, 2016 3:26 pm

everything block on mine.

"When operating the viewfinder diopter control with your eye to the viewfinder, care should be taken not to put your finger in your eye accidentally."

Oct 11th, 2016 4:37 pm

#12

G-DRAGON: Sr. Member; Aug 18, 2008; 632 posts; 12 upvotes; Mississauga

Oct 11th, 2016 4:37 pm

OP is not talking about ads! When you search something on YouTube than click 'Filter', Sort by 'Upload Date' most of the recent uploads are spam playlists featuring inappropriate thumbnails. Just try this by searching 'Rhianna' and see what comes up. Not sure why YouTube is letting this happen. This seems like a recent thing because this never used to happen before.

Oct 11th, 2016 4:48 pm

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recordman: Deal Addict; Jan 19, 2005; 4383 posts; 1285 upvotes

Oct 11th, 2016 4:48 pm

OP, did you "accidentally" go to the "other" (colour) tube site?

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Oct 11th, 2016 5:00 pm

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gontori: Deal Addict; Jun 17, 2012; 2330 posts; 337 upvotes; In another world

Oct 11th, 2016 5:00 pm

You know there's a picture as a representation of the video to be played.
When you type in a keyword referring to something dirty, like nude or thong or whatever, many of those pictures would portray a female in bikini or wearing scanty clothes or in compromised positions.
That's the click and bait. As for my own experience and curiosity, have opened those videos, but they rarely show the pics representing them and show only gag reels about something else.

Oct 11th, 2016 7:09 pm

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apnayloags: Deal Fanatic; Nov 13, 2010; 6984 posts; 1335 upvotes; Scarborough

Oct 11th, 2016 7:09 pm

probably because of ad revenue, yt must be making money from it one way or another

Oct 11th, 2016 7:16 pm

#16

Spectre26: Member; May 5, 2016; 425 posts; 219 upvotes; Toronto

Oct 11th, 2016 7:16 pm

Youtube used to suggest me these live feeds of a security camera of some tiny American town square. Which is weird because I don't recall watching any videos that suggest stalking or anything.

Oct 11th, 2016 9:08 pm

#17

Gammatron: Penalty Box; Oct 19, 2012; 3359 posts; 417 upvotes; Toronto

Oct 11th, 2016 9:08 pm

A sleuth of sexual, fetish-related videos swamped Youtube last week but they are being taken down just as fast too, but some of them are as old as 3 months and are still there for anyone to see.

Oct 11th, 2016 9:43 pm

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Ojam: Deal Guru; Oct 14, 2003; 14293 posts; 1170 upvotes

Oct 11th, 2016 9:43 pm

Nope, I only see recommended content, must be related to what you have been watching.

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Oct 11th, 2016 9:57 pm

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movieman: Deal Addict; Feb 9, 2008; 2363 posts; 173 upvotes

Oct 11th, 2016 9:57 pm

Ojam wrote: ↑ Nope, I only see recommended content, must be related to what you have been watching.

As someone else said, it only seems to happen when sorting recent videos by upload date. The scammers upload tons of these videos, but they either disappear into obscurity because they're not watched enough to get high on the search results, or they get reported and removed after a few days.

It has made searching for recent videos pretty useless, but doesn't seem to have had much effect on normal searches.

Oct 11th, 2016 11:35 pm

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wilson_wu [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 8, 2006; 1195 posts; 215 upvotes; Richmond Hill

Oct 11th, 2016 11:35 pm

All I did was search Toronto Police on Youtube.

The results shouldn't be NSFW, but they are.

https://www.youtube.com/results?q=toron ... p=CAI%253D

O yea...NSFW. these results will likely change by the time you see it.

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