History and Youtube : A struggle for knowledge on the platform

The goal of this essay is to study the effect Youtube’s system and guidelines has had on history channels and to reflect upon the potential consequences it may have on the history community on the site. This is a current problem that has affected many history channels over the years and that may cause more problems for other channels in the future. My essay will not only provide the reader a better understanding about the problems between Youtube and history channels, but also give the reader a better understanding of the consequences this conflict may have on future generations and their access to historical storytelling on the site. The result of this essay shows that the host of each channel has their own motive and method for producing their own videos and the decisions they make affect whether their video receives positive or negative feedback on the site. Some channels work hard to make their videos available to their viewers and avoid trying to add content that may be sensitive. Others try to make more authentic and entertaining videos which may more than often include sensitive content that leads to more problems for these channels. The channels who don’t encounter these problems as often as others choose to not help nor recognise these channels and their struggles. Channels that do encounter these problems more often point to Youtube as the problem and often use the word censorship as a reasoning for why their content gets in trouble. The choices made on both sides at the moment may affect the future of historical storytelling on the site