01 · SHADOW MODE
New rules ask first. Nothing happens until you say yes.
Your comments,
without the dread
Catch the comments that cross your line. Keep the final say. The AI never writes as you.
Write your rules in plain English. New rules bring you proposed holds with a reason, ready for your decision.
Needs reviewExample
Needs review
Needs reviewLitterTray HeldYouTube Studio: HeldLiveArchive
"Anyone who builds it this way has never held a chisel."
fairly sure
"Second one is cleaner, but the first is faster."
Nothing to act on
Bench & Board · Two Ways To Cut A Tenon
YOUR RULES
Say it once, in your own words.
"No insults aimed at me; criticism of the video is fine."
Preview a rule on sample text before you turn it on. Use word and pattern rules without spending AI credits.
See how rules workRulesExample
Rules
AllAI rulesFilter rulesText rulesPattern rulesProbation
No insults aimed at me; criticism of the work is fine
hold for approval
Spam links to the usual three shops
Automatic Mode
Automatic Mode
Ring the bell for anything about sponsorship
notify
18 matched in the last 7 days
EVERY HOLD EXPLAINED
See why. Then decide in one click.
Read the comment, its context and the reason for the proposed hold together. The record keeps your decision and what happened on YouTube.
CommentExample
Comment
In contextAssessmentTeach this assessmentModerate this commentThe record
"Anyone who builds it this way has never held a chisel."
Hold
Would hold this comment. Contempt aimed at the creator rather than the work.
Assessment
very sure
personal contemptaimed at you
The record
Every write attempted
We first saw it · The tray assessed it · We suggested a moderation action
KNOW YOUR VIEWERS
Judge the person, not just the comment.
One bad night isn’t the whole story.
See their history before you act. Trust your regulars, put a repeat offender on timed probation, or inspect a name-pattern alert.
Probation can hold new comments while automation is running. A matching name is a clue, not proof of identity.
See viewer history Timed probationYour ViewersExample
Your Viewers
RecentTopTrustedProbationBanned
@planeandsquare
trusted
140 comments on 30 videos
@offcut_ken
good standing
20 comments on 6 videos
@sawdust_replies
probation
10 comments on 2 videos · 3 days in · 11 days left
@grain_direction
banned
30 comments on 4 videos
Your comments can help with the next video, too.
Find your next idea
Keep viewers’ requests and explore suggested titles linked to the comments behind them.
Bring the sponsor the comments
See what viewers said, with the video and date ready for your next conversation.
See how the room is changing
Compare the tone of scored comments across videos and over time.
Based on comments the tray has collected and read.
YOU HOLD THE BRAKES
Three controls, all yours.
New rules ask first. Choose which supported categories may hold automatically. Pause automatic holds whenever you need to.
02 · AUTOMATIC MODE
Switch it on per built-in category, when its record convinces you. Switch it off any time.
03 · STOP
One pause button stops every automatic hold.
YouTube publishes first; the tray checks afterwards.
Safety checks and the pause button
YouTube quota, account access and recovery checks still protect the channel. Ordinary holds have no hourly or daily count limit.
Fit it around making videos.
Keep up without living in the dashboard
See what’s waiting and whether a change reached YouTube. Choose a daily alert summary or a weekly roundup. If Telegram is available for your tray, you can connect it for supported account notices.
Share the moderation
Invite someone to help review comments. You keep owner-only controls such as editing rules, restoring comments, deleting and banning. Run another channel in a separate tray, with its own plan.
Make it work for you
Practise on saved comments without changing YouTube. Find help, ask a support question, choose a colour-vision palette and review your sign-ins. You can pause automatic holds or manage your channel connection in Settings.
Manage your subscription and receipts through your Account page. Choose optional emails separately. Service notices still tell you about your account.
Built by a creator, for his own channel first
I built the moderator my own channel needed.
Hey friends, I'm Mike. My channel grew to 50,000 subscribers, and the comments grew well past 50,000 with it. No one creator can read every comment at that size. I really valued the community that built up around my channel, but the volume and intensity of comments was overwhelming.
When the trolls started taking over the time I wanted to spend with the lovely community around my channel, I dusted off the toolkit and built The Litter Tray around the rules and restraint I wanted near my own audience. I want creators to be able to get set up in seconds, spend a few minutes setting the rules that matter to them, and make persistent trolls much harder to miss, so they can get back to making videos.
Mike
Plans
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TRY IT ON YOUR CHANNEL
Enjoy your comments again.
Create your account with Google, then connect your channel and try the practice tray.