It describes the uncertain stage of a project, not a person.
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From connection to your first review
Connect your channel
Sign in to your workspace and authorize your channel through Google. You stay in control of the connection.
Set the starting policy
Allow ordinary disagreement and criticism, set clear limits on abuse and define what you want to review.
Review the recommendations
Read the reason and relevant context. Make the final call while Comment Guardian’s automatic actions stay off.
Choose selective automation
Review results for each action separately. Enable only eligible actions after sufficient validation, with unclear cases still sent to you.
The context behind a comment
Fewer repeated explanations from you.
A phrase that looks harsh in isolation might be the name of your series. Confirm the meaning, correct a channel description or explain a recurring person so future reviews have the right background.
- Look at the conversation
- Use the parent comment and relevant replies to understand who is being addressed.
- Bring in the right background
- Creator, channel, series and video context can cover terminology, sponsors, organizations and community vocabulary. You can edit it.
- Use transcripts selectively
- Choose transcript context where it helps. Retrieve a relevant excerpt when simpler context leaves a reference unclear.
Use the creator’s active rules.
Resolve the target, then consider qualifying past actions.
Use the series meaning where it is relevant.
Retrieve more only if the reference is still unclear.
Policy review
See the effect before changing the rule.
Repeated corrections can suggest a clearer rule. Review affected examples, compare a draft with earlier recommendations and activate the change yourself.
Compare the draft before activating it.
The draft clarifies that ordinary disagreement is allowed. Unclear targets still need a decision.
Know what happened afterward.
Confirmed results
The Activity Log distinguishes an action YouTube confirmed from one still awaiting a result.
Room for uncertainty
Unclear targets, conflicting rules or incomplete context can keep a comment in Needs Your Decision.
A visible pause
System Health shows the connection and processing state. You can pause all automatic moderation.
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