| REQUIRED: an icon that indicates that a video has ONLY APPROVED COMMENTS - people are manipulating youtube to make it look like everyone agrees with them | tim_oz_yt | 6/30/12 4:26 PM | there needs to be an icon that shows that the comments attached to a video are ONLY those approved by the uploader (WITHOUT having to try to post a comment yourself) what is currently happening is that videos are attracting a bunch of comments that g |
| Re: REQUIRED: an icon that indicates that a video has ONLY APPROVED COMMENTS - people are manipulating youtube to make it look like everyone agrees with them | tim_oz_yt | 6/30/12 4:33 PM | Here is a particularly offensive example it's a story of someone claiming to be a former buddhist monk who "saw buddha in hell" this is highly offensive to buddhists (on the surface level at least...at a deeper level any buddhist with some understand |
| Re: REQUIRED: an icon that indicates that a video has ONLY APPROVED COMMENTS - people are manipulating youtube to make it look like everyone agrees with them | tim_oz_yt | 6/30/12 4:34 PM | the video i referred to above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyTFtSl0IoI&feature=related |
| Re: REQUIRED: an icon that indicates that a video has ONLY APPROVED COMMENTS - people are manipulating youtube to make it look like everyone agrees with them | anmoose | 6/30/12 4:37 PM | All you have to do is click in the comment box, and below it you'll get a clearly starred announcement: "Comments may be held for uploader approval." If that doesn't suit you, you can click right off and go elsewhere. |
| Re: REQUIRED: an icon that indicates that a video has ONLY APPROVED COMMENTS - people are manipulating youtube to make it look like everyone agrees with them | tim_oz_yt | 6/30/12 4:38 PM | perhaps some smart developer can create some kind of browser plug-in for YT enthusiasts, that indicates whether a video has open commentary or not, if YT doesn't implement this themselves and that plug-in can have competing ads |
| Re: REQUIRED: an icon that indicates that a video has ONLY APPROVED COMMENTS - people are manipulating youtube to make it look like everyone agrees with them | jinitronATHEIST | 7/10/12 2:59 AM | I agree with you Tim. It's a very common issue amongst certain censorship happy video owners channels. They pad the comment section with comments that only aprove of the video, even 100% polite comments that are not in line with the video, don't |
| Re: REQUIRED: an icon that indicates that a video has ONLY APPROVED COMMENTS - people are manipulating youtube to make it look like everyone agrees with them | anmoose | 7/10/12 10:09 AM | And it's innately obvious to anyone with half a brain that they're censoring their comment sections. You hardly need a red flashing warning sign to inform you, and if you do, then you probably shouldn't be on the Internet without supervision. If you' |