Re:YouTube bans comments on all videos of children
by zbentley on Thursday February 28, 2019 @09:02PM
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> In reality, if they wanted to fix comments, they could easily do it without any high-tech stuff, through basic UI redesign.
Do tell.
Re:YouTube bans comments on all videos of children
by spookthesunset on Thursday February 28, 2019 @10:03PM
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They won’t. You can’t fix it through UX or algorithms. Honestly why allow comments on kids videos at all? What value do they deliver over the risk of abuse? None.
This is a step in the right direction for google.
In reality, if they wanted to fix comments, they could easily do it without any high-tech stuff, through basic UI redesign.
It's the quintessential broken window effect. The comment section design is horrible for actual discussions. People who have something intelligent to day simply don't bother. On the other hand, anyone who wants a place to put some hostile nonsense with high visibility gets exactly that. The behavior gets normalized and the ratio of hostile nonsense keeps itself at a high level.