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> any idea about why these rules would be secret? Don't work for youtube, but I'm guessing they would be secret for a couple of reasons. 1. If made public, pe
by justboxing 9y ago
> any idea about why these rules would be secret?
Don't work for youtube, but I'm guessing they would be secret for a couple of reasons.
1. If made public, people could post violating content and work around it by making sure they won't get flagged with carefully crafted thumbnails, content etc. Ex: Take a look at the 'Nudity' section. There are examples of 'Partial nudity' in which a guy wearing underwear is deemed inappropriate because it looks 'Vulgar'. So one could, in theory avoid such thumbnails, and still post vulgar content in the video and get by their censors.
2. It would also open Youtube to criticism, just like the Facebook breastfeeding content was, a whiles back.
- AnkhMorporkian 9y agoI think you're spot on. I manage an online game, and we don't have rules. We have somewhat vague guidelines, and moderators we trust to enforce them. Rules are open to arguments, and with dozens of bans/appeals a day, it'd be ridiculous to do that. We tried strict rules, and they are both too restrictive and ineffective. Humans need to make judgements, and guidelines give you the latitude to do that.
- chii 9y agoPeople who skirt those judgement will always exist, but having the 'we are the law' kind of rule sucks for a community.