Ex-YouTube Employee Explains “Shadowbanning”
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Alina Verbenchuk, former YouTube Product Manager and author of How Platforms Work, gives a behind-the-scenes look at how YouTube actually works from someone who helped build the platform. In this episode of The Gimbal Podcast, Alina shares what happens when creators get demonetized, how the algorithm learns from your content, and what really happens when you appeal a strike.
She also dives into whether “shadow banning” is real, the psychology behind social…
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