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Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by nitrogen on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @03:09PM (#29179967)
I know K-12 educators who post videos primarily for their students and fellow local teachers, and they disable comments and voting because bored kids will fill the comments with crap, and scammers will target the kids.
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Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by sam-2727 on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @03:19PM (#29180115)
In your case, this is because all videos "made for kids" must have comments turned off per YouTube policy: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9706180
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Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by nitrogen on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @03:30PM (#29180275)
Yes, but cause and effect are reversed from the teacher's perspective. They mark the video as "made for kids" because that's the easiest way to disable comments.
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Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by resoluteteeth on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:25PM (#29181068)
It's required to mark the video as made for kids if it's for kids.
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Re:Making the dislike count private across YouTube by Wistar on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @03:15PM (#29180059)
Yep. This sabotage is exactly why K-12 teachers disable comments.
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