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This is a volume problem that has no real solution. On one hand, it's a shame that this kind of content is getting removed, but on the other, it's also untenabl

by dvt 7y ago

This is a volume problem that has no real solution. On one hand, it's a shame that this kind of content is getting removed, but on the other, it's also untenable for YouTube to hire thousands upon thousands of video moderators. It's a sad reality that if anyone uploaded content akin to Shoah[1] -- the 9-hour-long Holocaust documentary; a personal favorite and an absolute masterpiece -- it would get promptly removed. But it's a reality nonetheless. YouTube is trying to straddle the line between platform and publisher and it feels like the hammer will soon drop. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoah_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoah_(film)

bilbo0s 7y ago
>This is a volume problem that has no real solution. [...] it's a shame that this kind of content is getting removed It's not a volume problem though, because the videos are never removed. They are just effectively delisted. Homeland Security shows up and I guarantee YouTube hands the videos over to them. So YouTube has plenty of space. Of course that also means that the original complaint of YouTube destroying evidence is also bogus, but answering a bogus complaint with a bogus excuse as the pro YouTube crowd seems to be doing doesn't really get us anywhere.