Massive drop in views on kid channels
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How exactly would they give a channel zero kid traffic if they won't even know which viewers are kids? That is why this is a joke. How can they protect kids like the they are saying the law is meant to do when you have no idea what viewers are actually kids!
But to go a step further, the law doesn't say kids cannot watch videos that are not strictly made to target kids. Videos can be kid friendly but cater to a wider audience then just to kids under 13. So if you make videos that kids can watch but your target audience doesn't just stop at 13 year olds, then your video isn't just for kids now is It. So how are they actually stopping the tracking of kids if at no point a viewer is asked for their age! How will YouTube not track the millions of kids who will be watching Dude Perfect videos?
Also, unless you are doing straight up little kid videos for toddlers and pre-schoolers where you are obviously not targeting teenagers to learn colors and numbers, why should channels have to limit themselves to a 13 or younger audience and lose out on all the features that matter to a channels success. This should be on YouTube to know their audience and not on the creator to limit their videos reach or worry about getting fined because of something so subjective as to who you are targeting.
ianmacdon
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it appears to me , that the system is already in place, notce now if I click on a kids video, every suggested video is for kids, and if I click on an adult video, all the suggested are adult, there used to be a mixed bag of suggested. Not anymore.
I guess if a kid starts watching peppa pig or any kid marked video the system knows it is a kid
Redterrors
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Still a mixed bag for my Youtube premium account watched by myself and two year old. Here is the suggested.
ianmacdon
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They must be rolling it out slowly , if that was mine, it would be all peppa , or all adult, not one kids video and vice versa...all peppa kids and no adult. Keep checking it by switching between a kids video and an adult ...thanks.
Most traffic on YT is probably 7-12 yos, which will never go into YT Kids because it sucks. Most kids watch Pewdiepie and play GTA, so all of this dumb s**t of marking all this content "for kids" is useless since kids don't watch content that is "for kids" (what those boomers think it's content for kids anyway)
Parents have to teach their kids that there is no such thing as free s**t, and ads is a way to make the content they like to watch to continue existing. Most parents don't care about ads, and those that do, use YT Kids. Don't ruin the internet because "muh kids see ads".
Beside the fact that it will always be impossible to know if you are making "content for 12 or 13 yos", if you do this massive "screening" on people before they upload content, you are guaranteed to have a brainwashing SJW-marxist vacuum only as "kids content" in which kids learn that ideology on repeat. What do you think those 100 million are going into? It will be Gillette ads for children.
The solution to all this has been here all the time, the only and timeless solution, let parents decide, ie: YT Kids. Let parents choose if they want tracking or not. Most parents don't give a f*ck about some minor harmless tracking done in order to:
1) Get appropriate ads (context ads can be gamed to show inappropriate stuff with metadata)
2) Said ads make possible that the people doing that content that kids like can continue producing it (and kids tend to like independent creators, they hate corporate crap, if they liked that they would just watch TV)
Like I said, there is this unsolvable 7+ year old area, were kids are too smart and know they are on this stupid "safe space" and they are missing on sub notifications, likes and dislikes, comments, and all the content they like to watch. If you show up with YT Kids past a certain age in class you get laughed at, I have younger relatives and this is a fact. This law treats anyone under 13 as toddlers when they play Fortnite and so on by that age. GTA is huge within 7-8+ demographic, pretty much all videogame content which can never be in YT Kids because for one reason or another, there may be just a single meme in the video that can't make it viable to show up on YT Kids' ridiculously PC-safe space vacuum. This law makes creators scared to be creative, specially those in this field of content were it may be right in the middle of this unsolvable grey area, with elements that can be child attractive (like bright colors, happening in a class setting, fun/derpy stuff etc) but also like to add more edgy stuff sometimes. Pretty much all gaming, animation, educational content.. anything creative and FUN falls into this insanity.
This whole clusterfuck has now reached comical levels, it reminds me of this:
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Jungle Explorer
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Well, I think it all boils down to much adue about nothing. This story articulates what the real problem is very well.
A modern Christmas Story.
IT SNOWED LAST NIGHT.....
8:00 am: My kids and I made a snowman.
8:10 - A feminist passed by and asked me why we didn't make a snow woman.
8:15 - So, we made a snow woman.
8:17 - My feminist neighbor complained about the snow woman's voluptuous chest saying it objectified snow women everywhere.
8:20 - The gay couple living nearby threw a hissy fit and moaned it should have been two snow men instead.
8:22 - The transgender man..women...person asked why I didn't just make one snow person with detachable parts.
8:25 - The vegans at the end of the lane complained about the carrot nose, as veggies are food and NOT to decorate snow figures with.
8:28 - We were being called a racist because the snow couple is white.
8:31 - The middle eastern gent across the road demanded the snow woman be covered up .
8:40 - The Police arrived saying someone had been offended.
8:42 - The feminist neighbor complained again that the broomstick of the snow woman needed to be removed because it depicted women in a domestic role.
8:43 - The council equality officer arrived and threatened us with eviction.
8:45 - TV news crew from ABC showed up. I was asked if I know the difference between snowmen and snow-women? I replied "Snowballs" and am now called a sexist.
9:00 - I was on the News as a suspected terrorist, racist, homophobe sensibility offender, bent on stirring up trouble during difficult weather.
9:10 - I was asked if I have any accomplices. My children were taken by social services.
9:29 - Far left protesters offended by everything marched down the street demanding for me to be arrested.
9:45 - The FTC threatened to sue me 42K because I did not designate the display as Not for Children.
Moral of the Story:
This is what happens when you have too many SNOWFLAKES!
A modern Christmas Story.
IT SNOWED LAST NIGHT.....
8:00 am: My kids and I made a snowman.
8:10 - A feminist passed by and asked me why we didn't make a snow woman.
8:15 - So, we made a snow woman.
8:17 - My feminist neighbor complained about the snow woman's voluptuous chest saying it objectified snow women everywhere.
8:20 - The gay couple living nearby threw a hissy fit and moaned it should have been two snow men instead.
8:22 - The transgender man..women...person asked why I didn't just make one snow person with detachable parts.
8:25 - The vegans at the end of the lane complained about the carrot nose, as veggies are food and NOT to decorate snow figures with.
8:28 - We were being called a racist because the snow couple is white.
8:31 - The middle eastern gent across the road demanded the snow woman be covered up .
8:40 - The Police arrived saying someone had been offended.
8:42 - The feminist neighbor complained again that the broomstick of the snow woman needed to be removed because it depicted women in a domestic role.
8:43 - The council equality officer arrived and threatened us with eviction.
8:45 - TV news crew from ABC showed up. I was asked if I know the difference between snowmen and snow-women? I replied "Snowballs" and am now called a sexist.
9:00 - I was on the News as a suspected terrorist, racist, homophobe sensibility offender, bent on stirring up trouble during difficult weather.
9:10 - I was asked if I have any accomplices. My children were taken by social services.
9:29 - Far left protesters offended by everything marched down the street demanding for me to be arrested.
9:45 - The FTC threatened to sue me 42K because I did not designate the display as Not for Children.
Moral of the Story:
This is what happens when you have too many SNOWFLAKES!
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