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People said the same about the chat rooms we used when we were kids. You could argue that those had much more potential than Youtube comments to lead to actual
by drak0n1c 8y ago
People said the same about the chat rooms we used when we were kids. You could argue that those had much more potential than Youtube comments to lead to actual physical harm. In some cases, bad things really happened. Chris Hansen made a show about it, and police used chat rooms to find pedophiles. But were internet chat rooms ever an "emergency"? Where do we draw the line with bans?
There are family-friendly content creators who diligently police their comments sections who now have their livelihoods severely impacted.
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoI'm mostly playing Devil's Advocate here, but consider that Youtube is much more widely used than IRC chatrooms ever were.
- hbosch 8y agoIn addition, Coca Cola never ran ads on IRC spliced into channels (as far as I know ;)).
- m23khan 8y agoits not only stereotypical or extreme behavior in kids video which I am talking about, its also about banning videos (and people who make them) which really are harming kids today. Imagine if your kid really enjoys watching crap youtube shows like “Emma Pretend Play”, “Nastya and Baby”, and “Ryan toys review”, what exactly are they telling the kids? That money is meaningless and buy buy buy?
- Mirioron 8y agoBut this is a completely separate point from the topic itself. The content curation of your kids is up to you as the parent. Don't let them watch videos like that if you don't want them to watch them.
- matz1 8y agoWith this kind of issue, there are no one "right" line, everyone has their own line. What you can do is, you fight for you line, because if don't other will try to impose their line. That being said, I personally favor no ban whatsoever.