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Recommended by whom? An algorithm? Why is that any guarantee of safe or quality programming for young children? Youtube does need to address these videos, but

Recommended by whom? An algorithm? Why is that any guarantee of safe or quality programming for young children? Youtube does need to address these videos, but they're not omniscient gods either. There is too much content to humanly (or algorithmically, seemingly) to police effectively. Why do you put so much trust in random recommended videos? What makes youtube so trustworthy? I'm asking because I genuinely don't understand this mindset at all.

kristiandupont 8y ago
It's not a "mindset" that there is an inviting "click here for the next recommended video" link when one is done playing.
- intertextuality 8y ago
  Then don't use youtube. Download the videos offline first, etc. What's the issue here? No one is forcing you to let your kid sit unattended on a website with questionable recommended videos.
dragonwriter 8y ago
> Recommended by whom? An algorithm? By YouTube; the choice to make the recommendation and the choice to use an algorithm (both in general and the specific algorithm chosen) as part of the recommendation process are human decisions made yb YouTube employees in the course of their duties. > Youtube does need to address these videos, but they're not omniscient gods either. While the second half is true, it magnifies rather than mitigates the firall it does is call out the hubris and irresponsibility at YouTube behind the current status quo. > There is too much content to humanly (or algorithmically, seemingly) to police effectively. The quantity of content on YouTube, and the fact that it is not constrained by their ability to effectively police it is also a product of human decisions made by YouTube employees in the course of job duties, not some kind for natural occurrence with which YouTube is beset. And the fact that any part of that corpus is subject to recommendation algorithms without being policed is also such a human decision.
- intertextuality 8y ago
  At the end of the day, it's the parent's/guardian's fault for knowingly letting their kids browse on a platform where anyone can upload anything. You are putting way too much trust in an opaque corporation to provide adequate content for young children. Just because it's "Youtube" does not guarantee anything. In fact it makes it much more dubious of a site, knowing exactly how youtube functions and how google manages it (very badly—at least for children's content). No one is forcing you to put your kids in front of youtube. Please stop shifting blame when it's your fault for trusting random recommendations from an opaque, broken algorithm to filter endless random content, run by an uncaring corporation.

kristiandupont 8y ago

It's not a "mindset" that there is an inviting "click here for the next recommended video" link when one is done playing.

intertextuality 8y ago
Then don't use youtube. Download the videos offline first, etc. What's the issue here? No one is forcing you to let your kid sit unattended on a website with questionable recommended videos.

dragonwriter 8y ago

> Recommended by whom? An algorithm? By YouTube; the choice to make the recommendation and the choice to use an algorithm (both in general and the specific algorithm chosen) as part of the recommendation process are human decisions made yb YouTube employees in the course of their duties. > Youtube does need to address these videos, but they're not omniscient gods either. While the second half is true, it magnifies rather than mitigates the firall it does is call out the hubris and irresponsibility at YouTube behind the current status quo. > There is too much content to humanly (or algorithmically, seemingly) to police effectively. The quantity of content on YouTube, and the fact that it is not constrained by their ability to effectively police it is also a product of human decisions made by YouTube employees in the course of job duties, not some kind for natural occurrence with which YouTube is beset. And the fact that any part of that corpus is subject to recommendation algorithms without being policed is also such a human decision.

intertextuality 8y ago
At the end of the day, it's the parent's/guardian's fault for knowingly letting their kids browse on a platform where anyone can upload anything. You are putting way too much trust in an opaque corporation to provide adequate content for young children. Just because it's "Youtube" does not guarantee anything. In fact it makes it much more dubious of a site, knowing exactly how youtube functions and how google manages it (very badly—at least for children's content). No one is forcing you to put your kids in front of youtube. Please stop shifting blame when it's your fault for trusting random recommendations from an opaque, broken algorithm to filter endless random content, run by an uncaring corporation.