Vote in the Dark panel

The private control panel behind Vote in the Dark, an interactive horror series on YouTube Shorts where viewers vote in the comments on what happens next.

Only the channel's owner signs in to it. It isn't offered to anyone else.

What it does

• Publishes the channel's own finished episodes to its YouTube channel, scheduled for the evening slot, and can add them to the series' playlist.
• Counts the vote on each episode by reading the public comments on the channel's own videos.
• Shows the views and engagement of the channel's own posts.
• When connected, posts the same episodes to the channel's Instagram account and Facebook Page.

Signing in with Google

The owner signs in with Google once, so the panel can upload to the channel and read its statistics. It asks to upload videos, to manage the channel's comments and playlists, to see the channel, and to see its YouTube Analytics reports. It uses this access only for the Vote in the Dark channel.

How the panel handles this data is in its privacy policy.