Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "a response to comments - about farage and starmer (and me)" video.
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When you ask about how to manage your YouTube account; how to ban accounts or delete people’s comments, what I would suggest is either one of two things:
1) Reach out to other YouTubers and get advice on what they do? You have so many contacts and know so many people of influence that surely one or more of those people should be able to connect you with an Editor?
2) You are based at a prestigious academic establishment, are you not? Why not approach someone from one of the other departments that uses social media or trains people on its workings? You will likely be able to find a gifted student whom you can hire for a single session every once in a while, cleaning out your channel for you? Or, better yet, hire someone from the drama, media, political history, or one of those departments to train you? Using the, “Teach a man to fish . . .” philosophy of having them train you in the technicalities of running your channel?
There is also 3) YouTubes own videos, teaching creators about managing their channels, and their online tools which are a suit available to all channel owners?
Your solution probably lies in a mix of the above, but I see how finding time might be a factor? So, my suggestion would be to make that time by (BRIEFLY) stopping your output and using that time to learn the tools? That is, only if you cannot find time anywhere else? Just as a train must stop for repairs, sometimes on the track, much to the chagrin of the passengers. But everyone is glad when the repairs are done and they get a better, more reliable service thereafter.
I wish I had these skills, as I would offer them to you for free. But, surely, if you are serious about solving these issues, the solutions you seek are in the above? You are surrounded by the help you need and paint an image of a man swimming in a fresh water lake, dying of thirst.
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I have encountered, about a thousand times, YouTube commenters who spot an, “ad hominem,” and think they have invalidated everything else you say on that basis. Usually they follow up their remarks with their Wiki, or online dictionary definition of the term, in the hopes that they can get you arguing about what an, “ad hominem,” remark is and indeed, whether or not you used one, rather than the topic in hand.
In other words, people who get upset about ad hominem attacks are generally incapable of discussing the matter in hand and are trying to distract you.
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