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YouTube Warns of 'Consequences' For Creators Who Misbehave (cnbc.com)

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has announced that creators whose actions impact negatively on its community will face "consequences." From a report: Wojcicki said the video-sharing platform is developing new policies that "would lead to consequences" if a content creator "does something egregious" that reflects unfavorably on other YouTube creators. YouTube's CEO made the comments in a blog post that detailed a list of the Google-owned firm's priorities for creators in 2018. In January, one of the service's most popular content creators, Logan Paul, published a video that showed the dead body of a man hanging from a tree. Wojcicki did not refer to the Logan Paul incident directly, but said that the misbehavior of some creators could put the broader YouTube community in a negative light. "While these instances are rare, they can damage the reputation and revenue of your fellow creators, so we want to make sure we have policies in place that allow us to respond appropriately," she said.

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  1. Youtube by Jfetjunky · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Behaving more and more like the TV networks we hate every day...

  2. Misbehave... by thegreatbob · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wonder when they'll extend their definition of "to misbehave" to include people who are critical of their services/policies...

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    1. Re:Misbehave... by mysidia · · Score: 4, Interesting

      I wonder when they'll extend their definition of "to misbehave" to include people who are critical of their services/policies...

      It'll probably just be the "Reported for Community Standards violations", except instead of 1 Strike you lose Partner status and 3 Strikes you're banned from Google services with all your video's taken down ----- one strike and you're banned, and as a side penalty you can no longer use Google Search, and you'll lose access to your Gmail account, Google Drive account, etc, at the same time.

    2. Re:Misbehave... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Also, politics, it seems as if YouTube see one side as misbehavior more than the other.

      A video that became popular from the Greek right-wing/nationalist party Golden Dawn (elected in parliament ranking third in votes) was removed by YouTube as "hate-speech"...

      The video was a photography of an Athens center square in the 50's and a love song from that era with the lyrics (roughly translated by me) "I wish you could come back again, even for just a night"...

      With no text (other than "Golden Dawn") and none copyrights violations, neither for the photograph nor for the song... the solution for YouTube was to characterize it... "hate-speech" (a photography of an Athens center square in the 50's and a love song from that era...)!

  3. Morons At Youtube. by sycodon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They've demonetized many of the channels I like to watch...such a hunting, camping, home repair, etc.

    It's stupid and random. If they have an algorithm doing this the programmer is a moron. If people are doing it, they are morons. if it's a mix, then it's the Perfect Storm of Morons.

    Won't belong before the only channels unaffected by their stupidity are the Cute Cat channels and that won't last after the Animal Rights assholes get done with them.

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    1. Re:Morons At Youtube. by 2ms · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I would say it's the last year or two where companies have really decided to impose snowflake protection censorship.

    2. Re:Morons At Youtube. by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 5, Funny

      get a job and move to a city asshole

      Are you one of the city assholes they should move to?

    3. Re:Morons At Youtube. by hairyfeet · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Sorry but horseshit, Google is trying to push their political narrative. Look at Steven Crowder who has had NO TROUBLE finding tons of advertisers for his channel...did you see what ads google was running before he was demonitized? Shit like gay cruises...on a conservative Christians channel!

      Google knows exactly how to make sure that advertisers will scream and they use that knowledge to demonitize. Its like running ads for pork sausage on a Muslim's channel, sure its a legit ad but does anybody think its a good match for the product? But seriously what do you expect when their former CEO was actively spending millions to put Hillary in the white house and rig search results to make Hillary look good is it any surprise they are trying to silence those that do not fit the narrative?

      Steven Crowder met with Google and talks all about it on the recent Joe Rogan podcast, if anybody wants to learn more about how one sided Google is I'd urge them to watch the podcast.

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  4. Re:Needed on Slashdot by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    We need some consequences for people on Slashdot who misbehave.

    Yes, Slashdotters who misbehave should be spanked by Brandi Love dressed as a school marm.

    I've been bad, so I'll go first.

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  5. Re:Needed on Slashdot by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would try to Google who Brandi Love is, but I am at work.

    She's an award-winning actress. Let's just leave it at that.

    And it's best that you don't Google her, because then you'd not only be at work, but you'd be hard at work.

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  6. Youtube Should Fix Their Site Design First by dryriver · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Youtube has the largest collection of video content in recorded human history, and only provides a basic search box and a very half-baked suggestions algorithm to access them. There is no good index, by alphabet, by content type, by content subject or by or any other good way to really explore and sift through content on the site that you do not already know. I've been listening to a bunch of good music artists on Youtube the last few months, and the suggestions algorithm has completely boxed me in both on Youtube.com in the browser and in the Youtube Android app. I keep seeing the same artists and same types of songs being suggested over and over, as if the rest of the musical world doesn't exist at all. The only way to "break out of the box" is to start searching for a completely different type of artist whose name you already know. So from a technical/engineering/UX design standpoint, Youtube is NOT a well designed site at all. Maybe if you search for simple stuff like "Rihanna" or "SNL", the site will work for you. But if you want a text-based or better visual network-graph based UI that really lets you explore the site, that just doesn't exist on Youtube. I bet Alphabet see Youtube that way in their offices, but we ordinary Tubelings only get the search box and the -15 IQ suggestions algorithm that was probably put together by 3 programmers. THIS is what Youtube should be focusing their efforts on. A better UI, especially for the mobile app.

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  7. Anita Sarkeesian by FerociousFerret · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Then Anita Sarkeesian should be banned for life.