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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
YouTube is trying to prevent angry mobs from abusing “dislike” button
Could the thumbs-down button disappear from YouTube entirely?
YouTube's dislike button can be a source of anxiety for many creators, and now YouTube is considering a number of options to prevent viewers from abusing that tool. Tom Leung, director of project management at YouTube, posted an update to the Creator Insider channel recently in which he detailed some "lightly discussed" options for combatting "dislike mobs," or large groups of users who slam the dislike button on a video before watching the whole thing, or even watching the video at all.
The biggest issue with taking your user choice away is that they'd be better by just not going to the video or platform at all.
Any approach to stopping this "Disklike mob" issue that is being thought about is equivalent to silencing speech on their platform.
Do they have the right to do this, for sure. It's their platform but I'm certain it'll have a wide effect.
Imagine if someone posted a video on the perks of being a Neo-Nazi or Scientologist today, and it couldn't be downvoted into oblivion. . .
So what if it couldn't be?
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
YouTube is trying to prevent angry mobs from abusing “dislike” button
Could the thumbs-down button disappear from YouTube entirely?
YouTube's dislike button can be a source of anxiety for many creators, and now YouTube is considering a number of options to prevent viewers from abusing that tool. Tom Leung, director of project management at YouTube, posted an update to the Creator Insider channel recently in which he detailed some "lightly discussed" options for combatting "dislike mobs," or large groups of users who slam the dislike button on a video before watching the whole thing, or even watching the video at all.
The biggest issue with taking your user choice away is that they'd be better by just not going to the video or platform at all.
Any approach to stopping this "Disklike mob" issue that is being thought about is equivalent to silencing speech on their platform.
Do they have the right to do this, for sure. It's their platform but I'm certain it'll have a wide effect.
Imagine if someone posted a video on the perks of being a Neo-Nazi or Scientologist today, and it couldn't be downvoted into oblivion. . .
It could still be comment bombed, lol.
no where near the same effect. In fact - it would likely have the opposite effect. A vid with hundreds/thousands/millions of comments is likely to bring more attention, not less.
If you see a video with 100K down votes, you might just skip over it.. but you see a video with 100K comments, you might watch it - at least for a min. And if that video has a pre start ad - they just earned more money.
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
So what if it couldn't be?
I don't think it's a particularly horrible issue if it couldn't be. But videos that receive upvotes on YouTube get pushed to the top of the page and recommended videos based on the number of votes.
Hate speech is just an example of something that could be voted up. Even if it should be voted down and left to moderators to remove.
That's about as PC as I care to get today.
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Views, votes (up and down), comments, and followers, along with who knows what other metrics all push a video to the "Recommended list".
By removing the ability to lower the recommendation rating by removing Down voting they're just messing with their platform.
Granted I understand the issue that they don't want bots or false accounts down voting things that are bad for a brand or whatever. But there has to be some user control. If 100K people genuinely dislike a video and downvote it in 15 seconds of it being posted why should Youtube try to protect the video creator?
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
Views, votes (up and down), comments, and followers, along with who knows what other metrics all push a video to the "Recommended list".
By removing the ability to lower the recommendation rating by removing Down voting they're just messing with their platform.
Granted I understand the issue that they don't want bots or false accounts down voting things that are bad for a brand or whatever. But there has to be some user control. If 100K people genuinely dislike a video and downvote it in 15 seconds of it being posted why should Youtube try to protect the video creator?
How are they protecting against bots upvoting those same things though?
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
How are they protecting against bots upvoting those same things though?
Like Alphabet it protecting both.I don't know, but the conversation is about preventing downvoting. Not upvoting.
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Paris fire: Ten dead and many injured at apartment block
Ten people including a baby have died in a fire at an eight-storey building in south-western Paris, fire service officials say.
More than 30 people - including six firefighters - were injured. One person is in a serious condition.
Fifty people were evacuated by ladders from the blaze in the upmarket 16th arrondissement.
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Scottish Highland rescue after pensioner's SOS signal picked up in Texas
A man who fell ill at his remote Highlands cabin was rescued after the signal from his distress beacon was picked up in the US.
The man, who is in his 70s and lives "off-grid", uses the device in its "check-in" mode every week to let his family and friends know he is well.
On Sunday he triggered an SOS, which was automatically sent to a response centre in Houston, Texas.
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Samsung finally decides partnering with a Supreme counterfeiter is a bad idea
Widespread ridicule forces Samsung to terminate its "Supreme Italia" partnership.
Back in December, Samsung took the stage at one of its Chinese product launches and announced it was partnering with "Supreme," the popular skateboard fashion brand. The announcement was made with all the usual tech launch pomp and circumstance, with the CEO of "Supreme" coming on Samsung's stage to talk about the collaboration. The only problem: this was a Supreme counterfeiter called "Supreme Italia."
The announcement was met with widespread ridicule online, as "Samsung the Apple copycat" had teamed up with a Supreme copycat. Samsung initially defended the deal, but after seeing the online reaction, the company started "reconsidering" its counterfeit collaboration. Now, two months after announcing the deal, Samsung is walking away, according to a translation from Engadget China.
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Colorado runner kills cougar in self-defence after attack
A man running on a popular park trail in the mountains of northern Colorado killed a mountain lion after it pounced on him from behind.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officials say the man sustained serious injuries after he was bitten on his face and wrist by the young male lion.
The man, who has not been named, turned after hearing a noise behind him, just as the lion lunged, officials say.
The cat died from suffocation, state wildlife officials have determined.
Monday afternoon's attack occurred on the West Ridge Trail at Horsetooth Mountain Open Space near the city of Fort Collins - about 66 miles (106km) from Denver.
The victim "described hearing something behind him on the trail and was attacked by a mountain lion as he turned around to investigate," according to an official statement.
"The lion lunged at the runner, biting his face and wrist. He was able to fight and break free from the lion, killing the lion in self-defence."
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
The cat died from suffocation, state wildlife officials have determined.
the dude literally choked a mountain lion to death. Talk about manly. Most dudes can only choke a chicken.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
The cat died from suffocation, state wildlife officials have determined.
the dude literally choked a mountain lion to death. Talk about manly. Most dudes can only choke a chicken.
I know. that guys gets some kind of award. I want him to do the new animal planet show!
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
The cat died from suffocation, state wildlife officials have determined.
the dude literally choked a mountain lion to death. Talk about manly. Most dudes can only choke a chicken.
I know. that guys gets some kind of award. I want him to do the new animal planet show!
Do you know what it means to choke the chicken?
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
The cat died from suffocation, state wildlife officials have determined.
the dude literally choked a mountain lion to death. Talk about manly. Most dudes can only choke a chicken.
I know. that guys gets some kind of award. I want him to do the new animal planet show!
Do you know what it means to choke the chicken?
Please, no cougar jokes here.
Oh wait.
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Saudi Arabia, UAE gave US arms to al-Qaeda-linked groups: Report
CNN says Saudi Arabia and UAE transferred US-made weapons to militias designated by the US as terrorist groups.
Saudi Arabia and its coalition partner in Yemen, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) transferred US-made weapons to al-Qaeda-linked groups and a Salafi militia whose commander who once "served with" the Yemeni branch of ISIL, a CNN investigation has found.
Corroborating an earlier report by Al Jazeera, the CNN investigation said that the weapons had also made their way into the hands of Houthi rebels who are battling against the coalition for control of the country.
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Exploding e-cigarette kills 24-year-old Texas man
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Drug overdose killed HQ Trivia co-founder Colin Kroll
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