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This is completely missing the point. The teacher is doing the moderation and curating a curriculum. Youtube is simply the medium by which they are sharing the
by supercanuck 5y ago
This is completely missing the point. The teacher is doing the moderation and curating a curriculum. Youtube is simply the medium by which they are sharing the video which contains the content.
YouTube is the most convenient solution to upload because of he simplicity of uploading since it is integrated into pretty much every hardware device.
This idea that parents now need to be moderating YouTube is asnine. Most are struggling to simply help their kids do their math homework and now we are going to require them to moderate google??
Right now the tech companies have more information on what my kids are viewing than me, unless we want a world where parents are literally approving every single thing that reaches their eyeballs, let's hold the platforms a accountable for what they are serving up.
- terracatta 5y agoYoutube is designed to extend engagement beyond the intended initial video the user wanted to view. Beyond a basic rating system with parental controls, the algorithm does not care if the videos are inappropriate for children. Given enough time with a child, the algorithm will lead them down a rabbit hole where they eventually reach strange videos portraying their favorite fictional characters in vaguely sexualized situations, or videos containing anti-science propaganda and/or promotion of harmful conspiracy theories. Allowing young children to use YouTube unsupervised is demonstrably a bad idea.
- rimliu 5y agoAnd god forbid they will see some nipple.
- supercanuck 5y agoTake a step back and pretend you belong to society. Try explaining what you just explained to the average parent. You are also qualifying "Young" "children". Doesn't the definition of children mean young human, so what are you communicating here? in the real world, we have this thing where a teacher can upload an education video using two clicks of an iPhone and as you said, this uncorks pandora's box of goodies for kids. >Given enough time with a child, the algorithm will lead them down a rabbit hole where they eventually reach strange videos portraying their favorite fictional characters in vaguely sexualized situations, or videos containing anti-science propaganda and/or promotion of harmful conspiracy theories. What a fantastic addition to human society! Let's leave it to the parents to sort this shit out.
- antattack 5y agoYoutube business model is to make money of playing ads to it's viewers. Recent changes to Terms of Service allows Youtube to inject ads to content that has none. Before kids get to their assigned video they have to often watch an ad for a game or a service. Sometimes multiple ads play throughout. Also, at the end of the video kids get enticed to watch more videos that Youtube wants them to see (not the teacher or parent) - in order to play more ads.