Most Common YouTube Issues Encountered by Users

The availabilities of a smartphone made the Youtube one of the best video sharing website on the planet. Users can now record the high definition videos on their smartphone and upload them on the Youtube instantly. The Video content creation has become simple due to cheap and widely available smartphones. Millions of users from all around the earth are presently connected to the internet through various internet facilities such as broadband, mobile data, wifi, etc. The high-speed internet connectivity is also supporting the Youtube reach a larger audience around the globe. Consumption of the video content has reached the great hight. Today people consume video content more than the text
and image content.

In the recent years, the Youtube has recorded exceptional growth in the viewership of the video. A wide range of categories, various channels, educational content and entertainment videos all are contributing to the growth of the Youtube. Majority of Youtube users are now accessing the Youtube content through Mobile devices.

However, The quick success of the Youtube made it more vulnerable. There are many common YouTube issues lately is has faced due to lack of security, content moderation facility, and quality of the videos. As it is growing quickly, the issues are getting bigger in size. Ultimately the users have to compromise their personal information and face the consequences. Although, Team has detected several common YouTube issues that users are facing on the website. They are working on it to mitigate the problem as early as possible and provide great service to their users.

Here are some of the general concerns you will notice on the Youtube while surfing the website.

1) Auto Video Suggestion: The Youtube uses an algorithm to find what type of videos you would like to watch. It does that by tracking your activity on the Youtube channel. Whenever you click on any video on youtube, it records the viewing experience of particular video. 

If you are spending more time watching a particular type of video, then that indicates the content might have amused you. The algorithm tries to predict the similar videos that you might like to view and depict the relevant videos on the right-hand sidebar of the suggested video.

However, sometimes those videos are completely off topic. In many cases, the Youtube try to show you most popular videos in your region. The problem with these videos is sometimes they are not safe for children. They contain adult language which might harm the children's mindset. Youtube still don't have the technology to read the language spoken in the video. They cannot detect whether it has adult words or harmful language. It makes youtube unsafe for the children.

2) Youtube App Crashes: Many users all around the world have reported that many times the Youtube app crashes on the Android and IOS devices. Some anomaly in the app makes it crash while using it. The App crash is delivering a bad experience to the users. Some expert believes the problem might be due to a compatibility issue with the new smartphone devices. The problem is still undetectable. 

3) Unable to view restricted videos: Youtube auto apply the under 18 sensors on some videos. Some users have witnessed the youtube is not allowing them viewing certain videos even they are above 18 age group. The Youtube restrict them from accessing those videos. People get frustrated when they do not get the access to the video which their friend can watch, but they do not.

4) Annoying recommendation: The Youtube sometime provides annoying video suggestion when you log in to the Youtube. The cache they save on the computer makes the Youtube viewing embarrassing. Just imagine everyone in your family using the Youtube for watching the online videos. Each time someone browses the Youtube website the cache gets stored on the computer. 

The next person who is using the Youtube will see the same recommended videos that earlier person has viewed. If you have watched some videos which are not relevant to the children, then the children might get those recommendations as well on the Youtube. That makes big concern for the parents while accessing the Youtube at home or at a public place.

5) The video is unavailable: Youtube also has the video content restriction algorithm. The particular algorithm consistently checks for the video content that violating the Youtube guidelines. The software finds such videos and block them or remove them from the site. 

As it works automatically, sometime the video that you are trying to view will show the error message "Video is unavailable." The Youtube algorithm is still in the first stage of development so sometimes it takes time to detect such videos immediately. Some users find this bad experience as they are willing to access these videos or already watching them and suddenly the video stops in the middle.

6) Wrong Video title and content: Sometime the users on the Youtube place the attractive title to make the user click on the youtube but after you start watching the video you see the content of the video is completely different than what it is saying in the title. Youtube algorithm unable to detect the quality of the video by reading the title. This sometimes makes user stop viewing the video and leave the website. It is frustrating when you do not get what you are looking for. 

7) Misleading thumbnail: The another common YouTube issue with videos is misleading thumbnails. You will notice the thumbnail on some videos are so attractive that you will not hold yourself from clicking, but once you enter the video, you will see thing are completely different than what you are expecting. The image presented in the thumbnail doesn't exist in the video. People get frustrated when they get fooled by the YouTube users. YouTube still do not have any process to banned these users and not allowing them from posting such misleading content on the website.