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> YouTube automatically removes harmful or violent content, so what remains exists in a unique, almost paradoxical state: forbidden, yet harmless.

What exactly is forbidden, by who? I don't get the use of that word there.

Also, anyone who doesn't know the "before" and "after" search operators is missing out on some excellent nostalgia-trawling similar to what is described here.

  "cat before:2007" -> 2005 to 2007, the OG cat videos
  "skateboard before:2010" -> yes
  "assange interview before:2016" -> then filter for longer videos
  "parkour after:2009 before:2015" -> parkour videos from 2009 to 2015

>>source+(OP)
Hey! My intention with this sentence is to say that although the content is publicly available, the viewer may feel like they're still "not allowed" to be watching it.

Others in the comments articulated this better than me: > I understand that these videos were made public, but still this kinda feels like violating people’s privacy. They most likely never intended for us all to watch their personal videos a decade later.

I tried to distill it in a couple words in the blog, bc I didn't want to harp on it. In retrospect, I could've explained it better.

>>source+(OP)
Thanks for this, a few months ago I was trying to find an old video but it was impossible to find with regular queries, there's just too much SEO garbage recently added to YouTube.

>>source+(OP)
Thank you so much for this! I love & miss all the videos from the old days.