Ethics for ni6hant regardless of which 7+ YouTube channels or 6+ Instagram accounts or 2+ reddit accounts or any such public facing service I use.
These things apply everywhere, even in real life. Remember, I have been recommending products long before YouTube was a thing. I just came online a few years ago.
If I ever take sponsorship in the future it will be very clear wherever I review the service/company in the blog or the video or wherever it is. In DMs if I still am continuing them, I might skip them due to the huge number of messages in a day but considering people come to DMs via such videos itself so it is understood in those case.
To this date the companies that have sponsored me are:
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As it says. No explanation needed.
I have already taken this oath when I started my new phase of channels years ago, but every time I feel like I should keep things to myself, I immediately make a post/blog/short/video about it depending on the ridiculousness of the video.
Have already been doing this for years. For example, a very common scenario that the same laptop is 1000 rupees cheaper on Flipkart and only a bit more on Lenovo. I only get commissions for Lenovo and not for Flipkart so in this case I WILL NOT PUSH YOU TO BUY LENOVO IN ANY WAY. I will still give you the correct response and what I think and will keep my own benefits to the side when talking to anyone. If it so happens that the place you buy stuff from gives be commission then I will ask you to use the links otherwise no issues. I even don't mind offline.
If a comment or a DM seems like it's something others have been asking or I suspect this might help more than one person, I will write a blog, make a video or do something in the public domain because it might help more than just you and then come back and give you a link for the same. This is the reason why YouTube started in the first place.
Criticism is completely fine. You can completely disagree with me and what I say and you can even provide evidences as to why I am wrong but abuse is not tolerated. If the platform's own service doesn't take an action against you, I will, and a ban is permanent lifetime ban.
Bans cross-over channels and platforms so ban on one channel will get you banned on all other channels.
Don't manipulate me or lie to me. I don't work for any companies so there is no reason to not be totally honest with me. One of the reason I stopped doing Discord Tech help was this. There was one person who wanted to buy a Macbook but had got an LOQ instead and a few months later instead of telling me that he wanted a refund or sell the LOQ so that he could buy a Mac he started making many false issues in hope I might get a refund. Once I found this out, I stopped talking to him without explanation.