Slow one viewer down
Their new comments wait for you. Nothing they've already posted is deleted, and they aren't banned.
Use case
The same viewer keeps crossing the line after several of their comments have already been held.
Repeat offenders
Put them on probation. The tray holds their new comments for review for as long as you choose.
You make the call from the viewer's page. The tray can also start probation by itself once it has held someone's comments on Auto, but only if you switch that on in Settings. It's off until you do. A dated probation lifts itself. An open-ended one stays until you lift it.
Your 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
Outcomes
What this gives you
Choose the duration
Pick 1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60 or 90 days, or leave it open until you lift it.
Decide from history
Read their comments, the reason for their current standing, the names they've used and what's been done about them before, then decide.
The path
From the situation to the answer
Open the viewer profile
Review the comments and moderation history the tray still has.
Choose Probation
Give a reason and choose how long. Leave "Also hold their earlier comments?" ticked and the tray also holds anything it has seen from them in the last 30 days, within its usual limits. Whether the tray may start probation by itself is a separate choice in Settings.
Let new comments arrive
New video comments can be held automatically, subject to Pause, YouTube quota and recovery checks.
Lift or let it expire
End it early, or let a dated probation lift itself. An indefinite probation stays until you lift it.