Can someone explain the HYPOCRISY of YouTube to me?

[Anonymous]

They continue to censor their comment sections if someone posts comments that YouTube deems inappropriate but yet the allow the uploading of AI videos that are 100% fake of events that never actually happened such as Mister Rogers sitting in his living room using a bong or Muhammad Ali dancing on Soul Train.

All the advertisements before videos are getting more annoying as well.

Am I just getting old?

Is it just me?

[Anonymous]

I don’t see the hypocrisy in what you described.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see the hypocrisy in what you described.

So you believe Mister Rogers sitting in his living room using a bong actually happened?

[Anonymous]

why are you just singling out youtube for this?

[Anonymous]

The YouTube creators are the ones censoring your comments. They can remove any comment on their content they want. They can also adjust settings to automatically remove certain types of comments. YouTube only removes your comments if they are flagged by someone else or you include something in your comment that is against their guidelines. If you don't like certain content just 👎 and YouTube will adjust your algorithm.

[Anonymous]

Because chat monitoring has been a thing for decades now and the proliferation of AI videos is new. There are plenty of ways to curate a comment section that have been honed and adjusted over time—chat monitors who work for YouTube, bots programmed to flag keywords, creators who can manually block or report their own comment sections, and the community that polices itself to reduce trolling and harassment.

You will see the same process happening for AI videos, but for now, you’re basically seeing what we olds used to call the “Wild West” era of the Internet. No rules. Chaos. Until companies (and sometimes governments) step in to set up standards and protocols.

[Anonymous]

We love YouTube over here. I'm an animal biologist and watch all sorts of animal documentaries. My daughter learned to draw and paint by watching artists explain their techniques. My son is a history/military buff and watches channels that talk about those topics.

12:49 explains the lag between emerging tech and its regulation very nicely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see the hypocrisy in what you described.

So you believe Mister Rogers sitting in his living room using a bong actually happened?

No. It’s called “Fiction” and it’s not new.

[Anonymous]

I only ever watch YT police Axon body cam videos.

I also watch AI definite slop like "what it was like to live in 1200 France" because that stuff is meant to put you to sleep.

I majored in 1200 France in college. It's funny to me

YouTube is only as useful as you, the user. If you're dumb, you're going to watch dumb videos and think they are true. It's not much different than reading the bible and thinking all that stuff actually happened.

Or something

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I only ever watch YT police Axon body cam videos.

I also watch AI definite slop like "what it was like to live in 1200 France" because that stuff is meant to put you to sleep.

I majored in 1200 France in college. It's funny to me

YouTube is only as useful as you, the user. If you're dumb, you're going to watch dumb videos and think they are true. It's not much different than reading the bible and thinking all that stuff actually happened.

Or something

Yes AND our standard media literacy lessons don’t quite cut it anymore. AI videos can be scary realistic. It’s increasingly difficult to tell the difference, and that can be dangerous. It will take time for us to catch up, but we’ve done it before with social media.

[Anonymous]

OP, water finds its own level.

The fact you watch that stuff, and react to it... speaks more about you than anything else.

YouTube is the most terrific free learning resource out there. Just don't be stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because chat monitoring has been a thing for decades now and the proliferation of AI videos is new. There are plenty of ways to curate a comment section that have been honed and adjusted over time—chat monitors who work for YouTube, bots programmed to flag keywords, creators who can manually block or report their own comment sections, and the community that polices itself to reduce trolling and harassment.

You will see the same process happening for AI videos, but for now, you’re basically seeing what we olds used to call the “Wild West” era of the Internet. No rules. Chaos. Until companies (and sometimes governments) step in to set up standards and protocols.

The Ali family should have such videos removed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I only ever watch YT police Axon body cam videos.

I also watch AI definite slop like "what it was like to live in 1200 France" because that stuff is meant to put you to sleep.

I majored in 1200 France in college. It's funny to me

YouTube is only as useful as you, the user. If you're dumb, you're going to watch dumb videos and think they are true. It's not much different than reading the bible and thinking all that stuff actually happened.

Or something

Yes AND our standard media literacy lessons don’t quite cut it anymore. AI videos can be scary realistic. It’s increasingly difficult to tell the difference, and that can be dangerous. It will take time for us to catch up, but we’ve done it before with social media.

The Rogers family should have such videos removed.

[Anonymous]

If you are mimicking someone who is either dead or still living, That person or the family has the right to have such videos removed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They continue to censor their comment sections if someone posts comments that YouTube deems inappropriate but yet the allow the uploading of AI videos that are 100% fake of events that never actually happened such as Mister Rogers sitting in his living room using a bong or Muhammad Ali dancing on Soul Train.

All the advertisements before videos are getting more annoying as well.

Am I just getting old?

Is it just me?

YouTube doesn’t choose the ad. They’re programmatic ads and are part of a fairly complex marketplace running behind the videos consumers see