Why Youtube doesn't moderate people for using offensive words?

Something i just need to know whyYoutube doesn't moderrate people for using offensive words for comments and user name?

P.S unlike most of forum sites like they moderate people for Flaming, trolling, etc. Also i am sorry if this is disruptive posting.

Becuase there is nothing wrong with swear words?

Because we don't need every aspect of our lives controlled

Considering that there are like a bajillion YouTube videos, each with their own comments section...

It's a delicate balance, but I guess they've figured most of their userbase would see them as an evil fascist arm of a ruthless corporate entity, instead of the cuddly bastions of free expression and sharing they really are.

Considering that there are like a bajillion YouTube videos, each with their own comments section...

GabuEx

The smartest thing is to let each user set their own word filters depending on what they want and do not want to see. I don't see why you'd punish the person swearing rather than provide the readers with individually controlled swear filters.F1_2004

Agreed. I'm not one to cuss, in fact I promised my gf I'd stop it altogether, but I see no reason to have these arbitrary wording filters. Hell my grandpa (born in 1920, had my mom when he was 50) thought "Fart" was a bad word to use; same with damn, hell, god damn, piss etc... To some God damn is worse than any other curse word, to others it's no big deal... Let people set their own personal filters.

I'm glad they don't moderate people. However, it seems like it woudn't be that hard to implement a censor that simply changes curse words to stars, or something like that. I guess they just don't care.

I think about half a dozen or so volunteer mods should be able to adequately moderate the site on their spare time. Not sure why Youtube hasn't done it yet.

You can flag comments and videos for spam and offensive content anyway, there's just too much for them all to go though.

Maybe they just don't have enough moderators, who knows.

I think their main concern is to avoid copyright infringement lawsuits anyway.:lol:

TBH, I have never really understood why people get offended by written (or spoken) words...as opposed to actions.rawsavon

I honestly do not know either.

I think there is just too many videos to moderate on Youtube.

Because we don't need every aspect of our lives controlled

Gibsonsg527

Who cares? They'll remove the account if the username is something like "ihatejews" or something or the comments are hate speech, but otherwise saying the F word isn't really a big deal. If you want hard-ass moderation, sign up for neopets. XilePrincess

Who cares? They'll remove the account if the username is something like "ihatejews" or something or the comments are hate speech, but otherwise saying the F word isn't really a big deal. If you want hard-ass moderation, sign up for neopets. XilePrincess

We don't need more censoring. People swear all the time in real life anyways. Besides, users can simply delete those comments or flag them.

Too many users, not enough resources. I'm sure they could higher a huge moderation team if they wanted but it's probably not ideal for them to do. They give the users the ability to moderate there own videos or hide comments they don't like to see. If the creator of the video doesn't like the comments from one user they can block them entirely from watching any of their videos again.

It's a good system in my opinion.

Because they know that words online probably won't hurt you.

if they do that then 60% of users would be banned :P

Should we expect censorship to always be the norm?

There's tons and tons of videos with tons and tons of users commenting on them, and not all websites have to moderate swear words, it's just a word, I doubt they really care.

Probably cause they dont try and treat teens & adults like 5 year olds where we cant say boo here without getting moderated. As u americans say... freedom of speech?..campzor

Privately owned websites like Gamespot can regulate what is said by users.

If you give it enough time, they'll start censoring words like vimeo or metacafe.

because such a policy is laughably inefficient and unnecessary. invasive censorship on youtube is neither wanted or feasible.

They would have to delete nearly 90% of the posts in the comment section

Something i just need to know whyYoutube doesn't moderrate people for using offensive words for comments and user name?

P.S unlike most of forum sites like they moderate people for Flaming, trolling, etc. Also i am sorry if this is disruptive posting.

killeracer0210

Cause we're entitled to free will on YouTube, unlike GameSpot?

If you want to be modded TC just drop the F-bomb here then post some good looking naked women pics/video. Youtube is fine the way it is.

People can say what they want. Moderation would suck on Youtube.

It's Youtube. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Considering that there are like a bajillion YouTube videos, each with their own comments section...

GabuEx

It's Youtube. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

metroidfood

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It's Youtube. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

raiden509

You should probably get that cough checked out.