The Litter Tray

Use case

The moderation queue is longer than the time you have.

Clearing the backlog

Don't get overwhelmed. Make one decision at a time.

Needs review lists only the decisions still waiting for you. Answer one and the count goes down. When it reaches zero, that queue is clear.

An illustration of the Needs review queue. It shows the comments still waiting for your decision.

Outcomes

What this gives you

Clear one decision at a time

Training shows you one comment at a time, so you're not scanning a long list.

Everything you need is on the card

Each card shows what the tray thought and which video the comment is under. If the tray gave a reason, that's there too.

Zero means nothing is waiting

When Needs review says zero, there's nothing left in it for you to decide.

The path

From the situation to the answer

  1. Connect your channel

    The tray can only moderate comments posted after it starts watching.

  2. Keep the rule on Test

    Its questions wait for you in Needs review.

  3. Open Training

    Mark each comment Bad comment or Good comment, one at a time.

  4. Check the held tabs

    Tray: Held shows what your tray has held. YouTube Studio: Held shows what YouTube has held by itself. They're in separate tabs so you always know which queue you're looking at.