cat9480 wrote:Theirmom wrote:lmmomSD wrote:I know-- he's awful. And all the "Pre-order my music!" BS. They are always trying to get people to buy stuff. I wonder how it will affect sponsored vlogs. Because those are all about "buy this!"
Here's a link to the new rules.
https://www.youtube.com/yt/family/
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Just read through the new guidelines. Pretty safe to say that any vlogger that chooses that route is effectively saying farewell to their adult viewers.
There won’t even be a reason to hate watch DB anymore. It’d be like trying to gossip about Paw Patrol.
I’m actually really disappointed and saddened by this. It’s the end of an era. It seems like Youtube is going full Disney Channel.
Yeah, I think it’s quite the over-regulation. Some things definitely need to go - in terms of exploiting children, privacy/safety of children, and the whole deal with the creepy pedophiles using vlog footage. All that definitely needs to be addressed. But, this is basically censorship. It’s the parents’ job to know and regulate what their kids are accessing online...I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect the creators to produce content that doesn’t offend anyone. That’s just not possible, and I think YouTube is going overboard with this. There were some good thoughts and guidelines in there, I won’t disagree with that. Just my opinion...I don’t mean to open up a can of worms here.
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It's not _really_ censorship though. YouTube is a business, first and foremost. If you want to use their platform and make money, you have to follow their rules. It is all about the money. Advertisers don't want to be associated with exploitive content, because it's bad for business. So they put pressure on YouTube, and now YouTube is putting pressure on creators. I agree it's overkill-- the pendulum is swinging too far in the other direction. Maybe it will swing back some and end up back in the middle. But it was really bad before. If you have any doubts about just how exploitive parents can be, go look at the SlyFox Family thumbnails. So many of them are the kids crying, half undressed, "getting in trouble", sick, and at least 4 address their non-existent adoptions. That's got to stop. Not just because of the kids watching, but it is pretty obvious that the parents of so many of these kids are blinded by dollar signs.
If they just want to publish videos and not be monetized, they still can. I am sad that innovators may have a harder time getting noticed. But if you want the money associated with the YouTube Kids app, you have to dance to their tune. From what I can see, and maybe I am wrong, creators can still upload videos that aren't aimed at children or meant for the YouTube Kids app, and talk about sensitive issues. And like I said, it's not censorship. Censorship is the government keeping things from being published. This is a business setting up rules. They are within their rights to have guidelines for the videos they pay for.
All we need now is some rules about how much money should be set aside for the kids who "star" in the vlogs.
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) - they were probably the inspiration for this new rule. Lol
I'm so childish.
