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I don't disagree, but this could incentivize spammers to just upload tons of videos then 'manually' appeal them all.

Maybe some threshold around subscriber count or views would help.

Maybe but surely you don't believe someone couldn't come up with a reasonable solution to that problem, right?

Sure, but this guy has an established account, and I'm assuming there is no track record of spam.

It should be able to distinguish that.