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I don't watch much on YouTube so they may already do some of this but it seems to me like this would be an easy problem to solve if they so desired. Add a ratin
by avalaunch 12y ago
I don't watch much on YouTube so they may already do some of this but it seems to me like this would be an easy problem to solve if they so desired. Add a rating system where the content creators rate themselves and an easy way for viewers to flag them as incorrectly rated. Add to that a confidence rating of how likely a video is correctly rated (based on number of views without flagging) and you could confidently let your kids view appropriately rated material.
- VLM 12y agoWhats it rating and how badly will it get abused? Imagine a youtube video of President Obama's October 2nd 2002 speech on Iraq policy (not making this up, there is one...) Or there's a classic nuclear winter / climate change-ish interview with Dr Carl Sagan right before he died in the early 90s. Or any video that presents atheism or islam in a non-negative light. Say, a BBC interview with Richard Dawkins WRT his biographical book. I suspect they'll be more than a little political gaming going on here, although theoretically a kid doing schoolwork could stumble upon them as a legitimate primary(ish) source.
- timothya 12y agoWhat you describe is already supported, though it looks like it's only available for paid videos or channels (anyone can set whether or not a video of theirs is "mature" and should be age-restricted, however). The rating levels are listed here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/146399 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/146399 And instructions for creators to set ratings is described here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/176714 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/176714