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I think the horse bolted long ago with regards to the Comments area on youtube. Unless they're going to expand the purpose of the "report as spam" button to cover blatant abuse, and employ a whole load more moderators, the current culture is geared too much towards deliberately offensive idiocy (mixed with all-out trolling) for this policy to make a dent.

"Muslim Demographics" hate video

I wonder it they will take down the "Muslim Demographics" video with these clarified guidelines. It has just been examined by the BBC (and previously by snopes).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8189231.stm

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/demographics.asp

One more step toward irrelivancy

As soon as they get functional controls in place everyone will go elsewhere.

The internet was so popular because it was a new frontier. Then you get all the sniveling little bitches that can only get through life by playing lawyer ball and hiding behind rules and regulations. When those whining turds have all the rules they need to get by then the venue is effectively destroyed and people lose interest. Much like the real world which is run by lawyers, Judges, executives and politicians. All professional sniveling turds. None of which make any net contribution to humanity.

@Atrox666

How, precisely, would you suggest that we administer our legal system without lawyers and judges, oh brilliant one? Or do you honestly think that everything would run much better without one?

Sad face because there's no rolling eyes icon.

@Atrox666

I wonder if you would go on the internet at all if the famouse bash,org "device to stab people in the face over the internet" existed.

Too many people think they can do or say what they lik ejust because they are on the internet.

Oh well.

Re: Err

Fraser> "Maybe their business model should have involved some sort of moderation of all videos posted, but this would have required even more money, which any fule kno you tube doesn't have any of.

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With you on the "more proactive moderation". Based on what has become unavailable from my carefully-playlisted bookmarks and comparing to what's still there, it isn't even clear any effort is being spent on making sure people who click "flag this" have done so deliberately.