Showing posts with label youtube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label youtube. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
VloggerHeads
Now that I've actually joined VloggerHeads, I'm a bit more optimistic about it. Tom Guarriello ("tlg847" to YouTube users) has a video explaining why they banned NewWarriorMan (sorry, I can't remember his real name). I don't expect we'll see a video every time someone gets banned from VloggerHeads, but I'm glad they are setting a precedent for better communication with users. Hopefully as VloggerHeads grows we can look forward to getting at least some explanation when admins take an action -- something a little more informative than YouTube's "inappropriate content" when a video gets taken down, and some kind of notice and explanation when a user gets banned.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Will VloggerHeads be better?
The worst thing about YouTube is the Orwellian way in which people disappear.
The second worst thing is the way YouTube removes videos without giving a reason.
“Inappropriate content” is not a reason; it’s roughly equivalent to saying “for some reason.” If a video gets removed, obviously it must have been removed because of the content, since the user had no choice in the first place about the form of the video. (YouTube rejects a video immediately if the form is unacceptable – e.g. if the video is too long – and always converts the video to flash format, not something the user has a choice about.) Any other reason (e.g. a copyright issue) is really a special case of “inappropriate content” (since e.g. it is inappropriate to post content that infringes on someone’s copyright). YouTube has a few special cases, and the rest are “inappropriate content,” which essentially says, “This video was removed for some other reason, and we’re too busy to put the reason into words.”
There are a lot of other bad things about YouTube – obviously not bad enough to outweigh the good things, or I wouldn’t still be on YouTube – but those two are the big ones. So here’s my question: is it going to be any better on VloggerHeads? From what I’ve heard so far, I worry that it is going to be even worse.
The second worst thing is the way YouTube removes videos without giving a reason.
“Inappropriate content” is not a reason; it’s roughly equivalent to saying “for some reason.” If a video gets removed, obviously it must have been removed because of the content, since the user had no choice in the first place about the form of the video. (YouTube rejects a video immediately if the form is unacceptable – e.g. if the video is too long – and always converts the video to flash format, not something the user has a choice about.) Any other reason (e.g. a copyright issue) is really a special case of “inappropriate content” (since e.g. it is inappropriate to post content that infringes on someone’s copyright). YouTube has a few special cases, and the rest are “inappropriate content,” which essentially says, “This video was removed for some other reason, and we’re too busy to put the reason into words.”
There are a lot of other bad things about YouTube – obviously not bad enough to outweigh the good things, or I wouldn’t still be on YouTube – but those two are the big ones. So here’s my question: is it going to be any better on VloggerHeads? From what I’ve heard so far, I worry that it is going to be even worse.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
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The point of this blog is to create a blogger identity consistent with my YouTube identity, so I can post blogger comments and people will know I'm the same person. Whether I'm actually going to post to this blog, I'm not sure. My YouTube channel is DClaudeKatz.
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