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YouTubeComments, moderation and Super Chat.
On YouTube the value sits in the comments under videos and in live streams: that is where technical questions get asked, price gets argued and Super Chat gets paid. Go&Reply collects all of it in one queue, replies as the channel and holds spam for review instead of deleting it silently.
YouTube Data API v3 and YouTube Analytics
Where messages come from
What arrives from the channel
YouTube is different in that a comment lives for years and brings questions months after the video went out.
Comments under every videoNew and old threads in one queue, with replies as the channel and the comment author's history.
Super Chat and live streamsDuring a stream, live chat messages and Super Chat arrive in the inbox, and paid messages are sorted to the top by amount.
Moderation instead of deletionSuspicious comments are held for review rather than deleted: the decision stays with a person and nobody gets banned by mistake.
Views and watch timeFrom YouTube Analytics the reports pull views, watch time and subscribers, to compare them with the number of buying questions.
What the API allows
What YouTube allows
Here it is not only about permissions but about the Data API daily quota: it is finite, so requests to YouTube are spent deliberately.
Read and reply to commentsWorksAs the channel, including replies in threads under older videos.
Moderate: hide and hold for reviewWorksBy stop words and by the AI category, with a decision log for the team.
See Super Chat and live chatWorksWhile the stream runs: once it ends YouTube closes access to that chat.
Video uploadWith a limitPossible, but it consumes most of the Data API daily quota. That is why YouTube uploads are done one video at a time rather than queued in batches.
Posts in the Community tabNot availableYouTube has not opened that tab in the Data API, so those posts can only be made in the YouTube interface.
Comments
on videos and in live
@alexreviewsQuestionDoes it work on Mac?
@fitlifeSuper Chat$20Thanks for the breakdown
@spam.botHeld for reviewLink in profile
@martaQuestionWill there be a discount?Super Chat is sorted to the top by amount
Moderation
Hold spam for review
Reply as the channel
Hide by stop words
Views and watch time land in the reports
Connecting
Connecting the channel
Through the Google login, choosing the specific channel if the account has several.
- A YouTube channel with owner or manager access
- The Google account the channel belongs to
- For Super Chat: monetisation enabled on the channel
1Click Connect YouTube and sign in with Google
2Pick the channel and confirm access to comments and analytics
3Comments from recent videos appear at once, older ones are imported gradually
Access is granted the network's official way and revoked in one click
FAQ
About YouTube
Two questions about quotas and moderation worth knowing upfront.
YouTube gives applications a limited number of Data API calls per day. Reading comments is cheap, uploading video is expensive, so comment polling runs at a sensible interval and heavy operations happen on your request rather than on a schedule.
No. On YouTube the Autopilot neither deletes nor blocks: it holds a suspicious comment for review and leaves the decision to a person. Deleting and blocking stay manual actions with a log entry.
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