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YouTube Starts Censoring Comments

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This is the pits, there was one last thing that I loved about YouTube, everyone got to go crazy in teh comments with no moderation.

Now this is censoring of stuff, including LMAO, or LMFAO.

Help!
2009-07-09 01:17:00

Author:
mcgrory1991
Posts: 49


Lmao?? Really!? What the heck youtube... 0.o2009-07-09 01:19:00

Author:
ryryryan
Posts: 3767


I can't remeember if it was LMFAO or LMAO I typed in, buy you can see it in place here:

(removed Inappropriate Content)
2009-07-09 01:20:00

Author:
mcgrory1991
Posts: 49


I'm glad, there was way too much negative and downright shocking things being thrown around. LMFAO is a little drastic though.2009-07-09 01:42:00

Author:
BSprague
Posts: 2325


I'd be careful posting videos like that, i got a warning last time

I agree that they should censor swear words since a lot of kids use Youtube, but i think censoring 'lmfao' is a bit over the top.
I'd imagine most abbreviations would be pretty safe with children
2009-07-09 01:54:00

Author:
Dexiro
Posts: 2100


You never know, a little kid who doesn't know what they mean can look it up and find quite a surprise.
I'm glad they're finally censoring that place, too many idiots being idiots in there.
2009-07-09 03:41:00

Author:
Silverleon
Posts: 6707


I'd be careful posting videos like that, i got a warning last time

Absolutely. This link is completely inappropriate for the age range of this forum. Please edit your post to remove link.

Dexiro... you will have to edit yours to remove the link as well I think.
2009-07-09 04:28:00

Author:
Rustbukkit
Posts: 1737


You can turn it off, look at 'text comments' under the video. Next to that is 'options'. You can turn it off there.2009-07-09 04:37:00

Author:
TheMarvelousHat
Posts: 542


You can turn it off, look at 'text comments' under the video. Next to that is 'options'. You can turn it off there.
I was about to say that =/

YAY MOAR AWESOME SWEAR-FEST YOUTUBE! ^_^
2009-07-09 05:07:00

Author:
crazymario
Posts: 657


They should've done this a long time ago but I do agree that abbreviations shouldn't be blocked. That's a little extreme.2009-07-09 05:54:00

Author:
brnxblze
Posts: 1318


Well, I guess it will help get rid of childish flame wars in the comments section. Censoring abbriviations is a bit over the top though.2009-07-09 18:27:00

Author:
lk9988
Posts: 1077


You never know, a little kid who doesn't know what they mean can look it up and find quite a surprise.

A little kid on the internet searching google images for almost ANYTHING can get quite a surprise. I've found that on 90% of innocent searches, there's innapropriate content on the first 3 pages somewhere...
2009-07-09 21:09:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280


A little kid on the internet searching google images for almost ANYTHING can get quite a surprise. I've found that on 90% of innocent searches, there's innapropriate content on the first 3 pages somewhere...

I wanted to test this, so I googled pie.

... I saw a picture that wasn't too bad, but =_=

Anyway, yeah... Youtube is like... O_o
2009-07-09 21:18:00

Author:
RockSauron
Posts: 10882


A little kid on the internet searching google images for almost ANYTHING can get quite a surprise. I've found that on 90% of innocent searches, there's innapropriate content on the first 3 pages somewhere...

65% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Word.

And yeah, it's about time YouTubers at least have the option to censor comments.
2009-07-09 21:20:00

Author:
Phreshmart
Posts: 1


Umm, my comments aren't censored anymore. Sooo, Youtube changed their mind I guess? Or something else happened.2009-07-09 21:35:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino
Posts: 5250


Or something else happened.

yes, you squashed YouTube HQ. And now they are all dead. And when you crushed the HQ you accidentally also fell on the big red 'censor off' button, and now censers are off.


^^ trufax.
2009-07-09 22:29:00

Author:
Unknown User


Umm, my comments aren't censored anymore. Sooo, Youtube changed their mind I guess? Or something else happened.

You can turn censors on and off. Go to options above comments and you'll see it.
2009-07-09 23:10:00

Author:
qrtda235566
Posts: 3664


I done nothing and it's gone now. Must have been a flood of idiots like me demanding it became a democracy again!2009-07-09 23:20:00

Author:
mcgrory1991
Posts: 49


Censorship is bad. It's lying to ourselve and taking the easy route instead of tackling real solutions.

If there's a funny video, I have be able to write LMAO. It's ridiculous if it goes this far.

Also, a way to censor that would be more intelligent would be to count offenses from your Youtube account and than ban it. If you comeback and do too much, permaban. And for this they would only need a flag in their database + ONE GUY monitoring the software. This can't be too costly.

.
2009-07-12 16:17:00

Author:
RangerZero
Posts: 3901


I can confirm it was LMAO that I used now it's back, and agree that's pathetic. The Simpsons gets away with *** and that's considering a model family TV show.2009-07-13 22:25:00

Author:
mcgrory1991
Posts: 49


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