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Youtube seems more and more to be turning into a kind of wasteland of unmoderated, self-published content. Apparently, and sadly, that's where the money is.

spondyl 9y ago
Every time an event such as the above occurs, I'm reminded of the following excerpt from a Jerry Seinfeld interview --- “The less the better,” Seinfeld said in reference to user-generated content. “I don’t want to see this crap. We have a giant garbage can called YouTube for user-generated content. http://bgr.com/2015/04/16/jerry-seinfeld-youtube-giant-garbage-can/ http://bgr.com/2015/04/16/jerry-seinfeld-youtube-giant-garba... --- I dunno, I mostly disagreed at first but seeing the front page and constant tweaks, I gotta wonder if it's worth it. We can easily do better than YouTube but it caters to the lowest common denominator so of course it'll be the most popular :/
dragonwriter 9y ago
> Youtube seems more and more to be turning into a kind of wasteland of unmoderated, self-published content. YouTube has always been a mix of that and piracy, though if anything, professionally-produced, non-pirated content has been increasing over the years.
krapp 9y ago
> Youtube seems more and more to be turning into a kind of wasteland of unmoderated, self-published content. Apparently, and sadly, that's where the money is. We must be living in different universes. In my universe, Youtube has spent the last year or so purging content that isn't advertiser friendly and auto-moderating even family-friendly and innoffensive channels into oblivion. They let a lot slip by them due to their size and dint of their AI being stupid to the point of possible malice, but I'd rather have a wasteland of free expression than a well-manicured garden of corporate and MCN-driven garbage.
norikki 9y ago
Haha, good one. "Why can't YouTube be filled with all the same stale, phony, mass-produced, corporate crap put out by Hollywood and network television? How could unmoderated self-published content from real people putting out honest uncensored viewpoints be more popular when it's allowed to compete on an equal playing field?"

spondyl 9y ago

Every time an event such as the above occurs, I'm reminded of the following excerpt from a Jerry Seinfeld interview --- “The less the better,” Seinfeld said in reference to user-generated content. “I don’t want to see this crap. We have a giant garbage can called YouTube for user-generated content. http://bgr.com/2015/04/16/jerry-seinfeld-youtube-giant-garbage-can/ http://bgr.com/2015/04/16/jerry-seinfeld-youtube-giant-garba... --- I dunno, I mostly disagreed at first but seeing the front page and constant tweaks, I gotta wonder if it's worth it. We can easily do better than YouTube but it caters to the lowest common denominator so of course it'll be the most popular :/

dragonwriter 9y ago

> Youtube seems more and more to be turning into a kind of wasteland of unmoderated, self-published content. YouTube has always been a mix of that and piracy, though if anything, professionally-produced, non-pirated content has been increasing over the years.

krapp 9y ago

> Youtube seems more and more to be turning into a kind of wasteland of unmoderated, self-published content. Apparently, and sadly, that's where the money is. We must be living in different universes. In my universe, Youtube has spent the last year or so purging content that isn't advertiser friendly and auto-moderating even family-friendly and innoffensive channels into oblivion. They let a lot slip by them due to their size and dint of their AI being stupid to the point of possible malice, but I'd rather have a wasteland of free expression than a well-manicured garden of corporate and MCN-driven garbage.

norikki 9y ago

Haha, good one. "Why can't YouTube be filled with all the same stale, phony, mass-produced, corporate crap put out by Hollywood and network television? How could unmoderated self-published content from real people putting out honest uncensored viewpoints be more popular when it's allowed to compete on an equal playing field?"