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> Frankly shame on YouTube for allowing the video to remain on their platform I was nodding until this bit... why do you think YouTube should censor this? It's
by jhugo 5y ago
> Frankly shame on YouTube for allowing the video to remain on their platform
I was nodding until this bit... why do you think YouTube should censor this? It's a real video of a real thing that he did (which he misrepresents the circumstances of). I could possibly get on board with "put an explanatory note next to it" or "don't let him get ad revenue from it", but what possible reason would there be for deleting it?
- phatfish 5y agoThere doesn't need to be a reason, if YouTube want's to remove a video from their platform they are free to do so.
- can16358p 5y agoBut why would YouTube want to do that? What he did is obviously wrong, dangerous, and stupid, but still I see no reason from YouTube's side to remove the video.
- posco 5y agoPerhaps they would remove it if they are concerned their platform could be incentivizing wrong, dangerous or stupid behavior and they worry about the brand damage that does or have ethical problems profiting off that.
- wyclif 5y agoThis is what I was thinking. I didn't find the video here on HN. A few weeks ago my 11 year old son told me about it. Like a lot of kids his age, becoming a YouTuber is aspirational, and his reaction was "that is crazy" but it was also "this guy just raised the ante on Mr. Beast." It's only going to make some YouTubers try to top it with some kind of dangerous Johnny Knoxville-type stunt.
- ghaff 5y ago"Wrong" = criminal (?) maybe. Though this guy hasn't actually been prosecuted and may well never be. But if you're going to ban dangerous/stupid video someone has to make that determination. And you can be sure that there are a ton of activities that are dangerous/stupid in the eyes of some people (even understandably so). BASE jumping, wingsuits, really any kind of extreme sports, stuff with explosives, etc.
- jaywalk 5y ago> It's only going to make some YouTubers try to top it with some kind of dangerous Johnny Knoxville-type stunt. People were doing stupid stuff before YouTube existed. As long as it's legal (which this stunt was not) who cares? Teach your son why he shouldn't do that kind of stuff instead of turning to censorship.
- wyclif 5y agoNowhere did I advocate censorship. But I do think it should be illegal because this stunt could have started a wildfire if the plane had started burning.
- xattt 5y ago“Son of Sam” laws in the US prohibit individuals from publicly profiting off their crimes.
- bin_bash 5y agoThen demonetize it, don’t remove it.
- xattt 5y agoI might be missing the point, but I’m not getting this glorification of stupid acts.
- xboxnolifes 5y agoThe existence of something is not glorifying it.
- MauranKilom 5y agoHow is "treat this video like any other video" (i.e. do nothing) a "glorification"? There are tons of videos of incredibly stupid and dangerous acts on YouTube.
- mannykannot 5y agoIt is annoying to see idiots get a lot of attention, but really, it is not a glorification of a stupid act, it is just a video of one. Furthermore, it would live on in all of those videos that point out just how stupid it was, unless Youtube also removes those - but they are informative, I would say.
- jaywalk 5y agoWhat glorification? This is a thing that happened, and it's incredibly newsworthy. Prevent him from profiting off the video and leave it up. There is no reason to do anything further from YouTube's perspective.
- ineedasername 5y agoI'm generally in favor of idiots that do illegal things then posting video evidence of them online. I don't think it glorifies the act if YouTube then demonetized the video with a note & link back to the FAA's ruling. Showing stupid things & their consequences seems reasonable.