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One of the greatest successes of companies like Google is transferring all of the negative externalities of their systems onto the public using some fiction abo
by knuththetruth 8y ago
One of the greatest successes of companies like Google is transferring all of the negative externalities of their systems onto the public using some fiction about technology “going awry” of its own accord.
- Rjevski 8y agoI don't see why Youtube doesn't just start charging per-upload to fund the human review process. I understand that at the beginning it makes sense to make uploads free to gain market share, but now they've reached monopoly so that's no longer needed. Charging something like $1 for uploads would allow to pay human reviewers, would cut down on mis-labeled content (since humans are reviewing) and inappropriate/advertiser-unfriendly content (since the creators would be reluctant to pay if they know it'll most likely get rejected, and if they try anyway the human would catch it). $1 is also affordable enough not to hinder legitimate usage. Seems like a win to me.
- gaius 8y agoThey say 400 hrs/min of uploads is too much to police. But not too much to find the most profitable ad to run on it. That is why YouTube are clearly turning a blind eye.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoFor general YouTube? Sure. For the advertised as curated and safe YouTube Kids? Absolutely not. There is zero excuse for not having a human vetting what they show on there.