- Oh, hello, welcome to the new newsroom
for "Creator Insider".
Over the past two years, we've been largely filming
at home on a pixel phone, but we've heard your feedback
that our production quality needs to be stepped up.
So this is our first step.
We wanna know what you think,
particularly what you wanna see
on the "Creator Insider" newsroom desk
and any other feedback you have.
So let's get into this week's updates
because if it's Tuesday, it's news day.
First up, creating live interactions between creators
and viewers is a critical component of building connection,
deepening trust, and creating a sense
of community during livestreams and premieres.
You may have noticed our most recent launch
of a new feature called live Q&A,
which gives creators the ability to easily manage
on topic questions and gives viewers the ability
to be addressed directly during livestreams and premieres.
You can start your Q&A session
by clicking the plus under live chat in LCR
and adding a prompt.
Questions asked in live chat will be added
to a question queue that will allow you
to choose which question to answer.
Once you select question,
it's pinned to the live chat
and lets viewers follow along the conversation.
The goal is to deepen connection and a sense of community
by enhancing the quality of your live interactions,
keeping the conversation on topic
and giving recognition to fans engaging via live chat.
This is rolled out to all creators
as of now on desktop only.
Viewers can submit questions on desktop, Android, and iOS.
Leave us your comments and questions below.
Up next, last month,
YouTube announced the introduction of handles.
If you missed the video,
we'll leave it in the description.
As a quick refresh, your handle will be a part
of your public identity on YouTube
and you'll be able to use handles to interact
with creators and other users by mentioning their handle
in video descriptions and titles.
Now, unlike channel names, handles are unique
so it helps you stand out from the crowd
so that people can find and interact
with you in your channel
and makes it easy to confirm you're engaging
with the right person or not.
Starting this week, handles will begin appearing
on comments, mentions, and in shorts
instead of showing a channel name.
Note, you will still be able to find a channel
to mention using their channel name.
In other places like your channel page and search results,
you'll see your handle alongside your channel name.
And in the months ahead,
you'll see handles showing up in more places across YouTube.
While we're rolling out handles, you may see channel names
for some users and handles for others.
Once fully launched,
channels will be able to use their handle on YouTube
to find and interact with other users on the platform.
We're hoping for handles to be fully launched
by the end of November.
If you haven't yet chosen your handle,
YouTube has assigned you one based on your channel name
as a starting point,
but you can visit youtube.com/handle to make changes.
Finally, let's address a question we saw frequently asked
on our last news flash mentioning handles.
Why can't I choose my preferred handle?
A handle may not be available for a few reasons.
In most cases, it's either because another channel
has already selected that handle
or it did not meet our handle selection guidelines.
You can select one
of the automatically generated handles provided by YouTube
or choose another available handle.
Let us know what you think in the comments below.
Moving on, when a creator reports a comment
on their own channel, we are experimenting
with the option to hide this user at the same time,
meaning their comments will not show up
on the creator's channel again.
The goal is to make it easier for creators
to protect themselves on the platform by allowing them
to hide a user
at the same time they're reporting one of their comments.
Creators in the experiment can check the hidden user's list
in studio to see all users they have hidden
from their channel.
This is currently in experiment
and we would love your feedback
before rolling it out further.
So let us know if you've any questions or feedback
in those comments below.
And that's it for this week
from the creators of YouTube to YouTube creators.
We'll see you next Tuesday.