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I'm not wanting to defend Youtube entirely but perspective is important with issues like this. Never before in human history have we have had the ability to hav
by tcd 8y ago
I'm not wanting to defend Youtube entirely but perspective is important with issues like this. Never before in human history have we have had the ability to have a free, unlimited access repository of our endeavors, and allow anyone to share their stories or creations.
Youtube is still at the wright brothers level of their systems; they're fragile, prone to mistakes and are pretty terrible to use. We didn't get to airplanes in a decade or two, it took thousands of years and we're still making improvements.
I see a lot of frustration but not many answers. How do you develop a system that has to be flawless for everyone and deal with 350 hours of video uploaded every minute.
That's like designing a perfect 4 lane highway with 350 cars every second of every day, week, month and year, and having a perfect system in case of an accident.
It's not possible, there will be mistakes and we should accept that but always push for improvement, but we're still in the early stages. Just like aircraft, it'll get better but it will take some time.
This isn't exclusive to Youtube, why do you think no one else is insane enough to challenge them? Any provider would have these issues (there are many Twitch dramas for example).
If I were Youtube I'd throw in the towel and just say "well, we can't deal with this, goodbye".
That, I think, is far worse than a few videos being demonetized or channels deleted.
Perspective is important.
- saagarjha 8y agoA significant portion of the grumbling around this is that YouTube has put their head in the sand and refused to admit that their service has issues, and steadfastly continues to use automated systems when what they really need is backup from a subjective human.
- clarry 8y agoPeople aren't complaining that it isn't perfect. People are complaining because the system is and has been in favor of fraudlent claimants what, seven years now? We don't need a technically perfect solution, we just need some balance in the system so people can fight fire with fire and make claimants liable for their fraud and broken auto-harassment systems. It doesn't take decades to do that. It just takes will.