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Maybe I don't want a community, I want a place to host software, or a place to host videos.

serge2k 10y ago
I'd like to be able to post a video without having fear of harassment and threats. That doesn't seem like too much to ask.
- z0r 10y ago
  You can disable comments.
  - serge2k 10y ago
    and have no more community interaction.
    - z0r 10y ago
      Not everything has to be a social network. Host it on youtube, post it someplace else. Blog, facebook page, website with comments... Youtube seems to work fine in its current form for many content creators.
      - geofft 10y ago
        But GitHub is a social network, and that's why it succeeded over the myriad other git hosts like git.or.cz, literally every web host, etc. The product wasn't git hosting, the product was the community. Not everything has to be a social network, but many things (including software engineering) are better if they are. Not every social network needs moderation, but many of them are better if they have it.
        flukus 10y ago
        How is github a social network anymore than sourceforge was/is?
    - falcolas 10y ago
      It is impossible to have interaction with other humans and not have some risk of being offended.
    - flukus 10y ago
      Post it to a private forum then. They were very common not long ago.
- ClassyJacket 10y ago
  How are you at risk of harassment on youtube? Simply don't post your personal details.
  - flukus 10y ago
    Remember the whole google plus integration and how google plus required real names?
- white-flame 10y ago
  When everybody has a voice, you'll hear garbage like that thrown at you. It's an effect of being connected to most all of humanity. But it is inextricably linked to freedom, which many generally consider worth the good to endure the bad. And while threats are fairly clearly defined, "harassment" is very nebulous. One person views a non-directed statement as harassing, the other doesn't, the community around that exchange might take one side, society-wide may vote differently, countries have different norms & attitudes, etc. How can everybody share a censorship system where everybody's view of what constitutes harassment is slightly different? It'll never go far enough to cover many people's definition (which is your complaint against the current system), and go too far for others. Sorry, but I think that having the world's systems catered to one person's comprehensive subjective view of "bad" (whoever it is) really is too much to ask. We should stick to those things which are more cut and dry, which won't ever be comprehensive.

I'd like to be able to post a video without having fear of harassment and threats. That doesn't seem like too much to ask.

z0r 10y ago
You can disable comments.
- serge2k 10y ago
  and have no more community interaction.
  - z0r 10y ago
    Not everything has to be a social network. Host it on youtube, post it someplace else. Blog, facebook page, website with comments... Youtube seems to work fine in its current form for many content creators.
    - geofft 10y ago
      But GitHub is a social network, and that's why it succeeded over the myriad other git hosts like git.or.cz, literally every web host, etc. The product wasn't git hosting, the product was the community. Not everything has to be a social network, but many things (including software engineering) are better if they are. Not every social network needs moderation, but many of them are better if they have it.
      - flukus 10y ago
        How is github a social network anymore than sourceforge was/is?
  - falcolas 10y ago
    It is impossible to have interaction with other humans and not have some risk of being offended.
  - flukus 10y ago
    Post it to a private forum then. They were very common not long ago.
ClassyJacket 10y ago
How are you at risk of harassment on youtube? Simply don't post your personal details.
- flukus 10y ago
  Remember the whole google plus integration and how google plus required real names?
white-flame 10y ago
When everybody has a voice, you'll hear garbage like that thrown at you. It's an effect of being connected to most all of humanity. But it is inextricably linked to freedom, which many generally consider worth the good to endure the bad. And while threats are fairly clearly defined, "harassment" is very nebulous. One person views a non-directed statement as harassing, the other doesn't, the community around that exchange might take one side, society-wide may vote differently, countries have different norms & attitudes, etc. How can everybody share a censorship system where everybody's view of what constitutes harassment is slightly different? It'll never go far enough to cover many people's definition (which is your complaint against the current system), and go too far for others. Sorry, but I think that having the world's systems catered to one person's comprehensive subjective view of "bad" (whoever it is) really is too much to ask. We should stick to those things which are more cut and dry, which won't ever be comprehensive.