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What do you want them to do? I'm an adult who uses YouTube and I don't want sanitized kid-friendly recommendations just so that you can protect your son's eyes

What do you want them to do? I'm an adult who uses YouTube and I don't want sanitized kid-friendly recommendations just so that you can protect your son's eyes from cartoon violence. In fact, several of the creators I like have been pinched hard by changes to the All-Powerful Algorithm which seem to be deliberately de-emphasizing anything that could be remotely considered offensive, and it's not fair to them at all.

mactrey 8y ago
There should be a "parental controls" toggle.
- mcrittenden 8y ago
  YouTube Kids is a separate app. Does that not suffice?
  - sincerely 8y ago
    No, YouTube Kids has the same problem. Content on it isn't really vetted in any way.
    - gundmc 8y ago
      Have you used YouTube Kids recently? You can set it to "Approved Only Mode" which only allows kids to view human-vetted videos.
      - sincerely 8y ago
        That's good to hear!
platzer 8y ago
How about employing 10 people of this massive platform to curate some channels that people can easily subscribe to? It could literally be advertised to be kids-friendly and not dumb etc.
intertextuality 8y ago
Employ human curated collections, no algorithms. There is simply no other way that guaranteed kid-friendly content will exist in a space. Otherwise people will game the algorithms and you get Elsa-gate. I’ve talked about this before, but if you have kids, the only surefire solution is curating the videos yourself and downloading them. Then playing them offline. Anything else is a gamble, which may or may not be the route you want to take. YT cracking down on videos also has a lot to do with skittish advertisers. I’m not sure if a solution is possible other than utilizing Patreon, librepay, etc. Even if you don’t make “controversial” content, that’s what most people do these days for consistency, as well as merchandise.
- gundmc 8y ago
  YouTube Kids is a separate app and it has an option to only allow human-vetted videos. From the support site: "In this setting, your child will only be able to watch videos, channels and collections that you have hand-picked. Collections are videos and channels grouped by topics, such as science and music, picked by the YouTube Kids teams or our partners."
  - intertextuality 8y ago
    Sorry to be so cynical, but I do not trust youtube whatsoever. Do you trust random "partners" of youtube? I don't. YT has proven themselves incapable time and time again when it comes to dealing with human support and services. I cannot read PR text from them and just believe it.

mactrey 8y ago

There should be a "parental controls" toggle.

mcrittenden 8y ago
YouTube Kids is a separate app. Does that not suffice?
- sincerely 8y ago
  No, YouTube Kids has the same problem. Content on it isn't really vetted in any way.
  - gundmc 8y ago
    Have you used YouTube Kids recently? You can set it to "Approved Only Mode" which only allows kids to view human-vetted videos.
    - sincerely 8y ago
      That's good to hear!

platzer 8y ago

How about employing 10 people of this massive platform to curate some channels that people can easily subscribe to? It could literally be advertised to be kids-friendly and not dumb etc.

intertextuality 8y ago

Employ human curated collections, no algorithms. There is simply no other way that guaranteed kid-friendly content will exist in a space. Otherwise people will game the algorithms and you get Elsa-gate. I’ve talked about this before, but if you have kids, the only surefire solution is curating the videos yourself and downloading them. Then playing them offline. Anything else is a gamble, which may or may not be the route you want to take. YT cracking down on videos also has a lot to do with skittish advertisers. I’m not sure if a solution is possible other than utilizing Patreon, librepay, etc. Even if you don’t make “controversial” content, that’s what most people do these days for consistency, as well as merchandise.

gundmc 8y ago
YouTube Kids is a separate app and it has an option to only allow human-vetted videos. From the support site: "In this setting, your child will only be able to watch videos, channels and collections that you have hand-picked. Collections are videos and channels grouped by topics, such as science and music, picked by the YouTube Kids teams or our partners."
- intertextuality 8y ago
  Sorry to be so cynical, but I do not trust youtube whatsoever. Do you trust random "partners" of youtube? I don't. YT has proven themselves incapable time and time again when it comes to dealing with human support and services. I cannot read PR text from them and just believe it.