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That being said, there are some pretty creepy or generally dislikeable people whose YouTube channels are very popular among children. There are YouTubers whose
by screye 8y ago
That being said, there are some pretty creepy or generally dislikeable people whose YouTube channels are very popular among children.
There are YouTubers whose whole bit is insulting people, having a short temper, inconviniencing people and playing it all off as jokes.
However, I have seen my younger cousins directly adopt behaviors from these YouTubers and try to solve their problems by shouting, insulting and throwing a tantrum. Ofc, throwing tantrums is something all kids do, but the manner in which they do it closely resembles these channels.
Then there are straight up creepy and unnerving channels with millions of views and that show at the top of queries searched by children.
I feel YouTube should provide parents with a more granular control over the filtering process. Preteens can be very impressionable.
- kitd 8y agoI definitely agree that parents need to curate what their kids watch on YT. I seem to spend half my life looking over my son's shoulder. Fortunately ATM it seems to be restricted to gamers gaming.
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- CalRobert 8y agoThey destroy lives with their pranks (even if you don't click - never, ever, ever blow an air horn near someone's head) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/17/a-youtube-inspired-prank-ruined-my-daughters-life https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/17/a-yout...
- KozmoNau7 8y agoIf someone did that to me, my reaction would probably end rather badly. I value my hearing very much. The sheer idiocy of not even giving the slightest thought to the consequences is extremely disturbing. It's terrifyingly easy to permanently wreck someone's eyesight or hearing with a high power laser pointer or an airhorn. "It's just a prank, bro!"
- solarkraft 8y agoIn the best case their likelihood to throw tantrums isn't influenced by these people, but just the manner. And in a good case (not sure how likely) they will grow out of it.
- cafard 8y ago"There are YouTubers whose whole bit is insulting people, having a short temper, inconviniencing people and playing it all off as jokes. However, I have seen my younger cousins directly adopt behaviors from these YouTubers and try to solve their problems by shouting, insulting and throwing a tantrum. Ofc, throwing tantrums is something all kids do, but the manner in which they do it closely resembles these channels." Back in the vacuum-tube days, I was watching a Three Stooges short. One hit another in the face with a pie. This inspired me to throw a pillow in my father's face. I don't think he'd have thought this good in any case, but he was smoking a cigarette. This led to an indefinite ban on The Three Stooges in our household. Of course, in the days when the average household had at most one TV, and that TV had at most three channels, parents had very granular control over the filtering process.