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The story
YouTube has added “binge eating” to the list of prohibited content in a new guideline update, meaning any video that qualifies loses monetization. On 5ch, a thread discussed how “big-eater” YouTubers can keep operating under the new rules. Some proposed workarounds — editing out shots of the sheer quantity of food, or simply not calling it a “big-eating challenge” — while others argued over where exactly the line falls: are TV personalities known for competitive eating, or celebrities taking on giant-portion menu items, also covered?
What people said
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Guys like Himan are just eating the way they normally do, so that's probably fine.
Calling it a "big-eating challenge" at all is probably enough to get you flagged.
Probably just means "don't do it."
Eating like Otsuru Himan, looking genuinely satisfied the whole time, is the way to do it.
Can't you just keep doing it without monetizing?
That'd probably get hit too.
What about no-sleep livestreams?
I think it's fine as long as you're not forcing yourself. If a big-eater is just showing their normal daily eating, that shouldn't be a problem. The real issue is celebrities who aren't even big-eaters taking on mega-portion menus and doing the whole "I'm so full it hurts" act — guys like Egashira do that too.
Nah, you'd just report it, obviously.
If you start banning things over "influence on kids," horse racing, boat racing, drinking, and game-streaming content would probably all be in trouble too.
The call is that it's a bad influence on minors. And honestly, it wouldn't be surprising if some kid watched a big-eating channel, thought "me too, me too," tried forcing down school-lunch bread, and choked to death.
A kid who does that is just an idiot, come on.
Yeah, and Hiroyuki's channel hasn't been banned either.
Background and Key Points of the Debate
The core sticking point was that nobody could pin down exactly where the line for “binge eating” gets drawn. Commenters floated workaround after workaround — editing out shots of the food’s sheer volume, or simply avoiding the phrase “eating challenge” — while the thread never quite settled on whether TV personalities known for competitive eating, or videos of celebrities taking on giant-portion menu items, would also fall under the new rule. One piece of background raised was a past incident in which a junior-high student died after choking on school-lunch bread during the height of the big-eating boom, suggesting the new restriction is rooted in concern over health risks. At the same time, several posters argued that other genres — like “nuisance YouTubers” — ought to be a higher priority for regulation, reflecting some frustration with how consistent the platform’s standards really are.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Tough Question] What’s the Path Forward for Big-Eater YouTubers? (Monetization Cut Under the New Binge-Eating Rule).”
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