Not a professional channel, just my personal home videos. I upload absolutely everything I shoot no matter what. Still going through my large archives, that's why so much gets uploaded.
"Raw footage" = unedited video. I only remove egregious errors.
"Vlog"= edited and might have explainers/narration attached in some way.
Youtube by default filters comments it thinks is inappropriate content, so if it blocks, it blocks. I don't really pay attention to it. If your comment is not there, blame Youtube.