The very weird world of algrothmically generated kids youtube content
some batshit mental-some very dark
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 18:34,
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Yup
I cracked once and berated my kid for watching this inane shit. It must be easy to grab some assets and set the thing in motion again, but it's depressing stuff
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 20:09,
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The way I see it
Is that the writer comes across like someone who had no idea there was anything dark on the net. Really naive? Hmmm
Also, I watched the prettily-titled BURIED ALIVE and I think that most kids would more likely get bored and switch iff than watch it hypnotised. Bots have no creativity, wit or understanding of storytelling.
He says he doesn't have kids so doesn't really get these points I guess. So, yet another person getting offended on behalf of other people.
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The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 20:50,
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Have you met any young children?
And did you look at the black squiggles between the pictures - the things we call words?
Tl;dr for you?
Trump bullet points:
Some people are deliberately creating deeply disturbing content - while at first glance innocent- for kids which is getting past any and all child friendly filters
Bots are churning out really weird variants on themes - and some of this could also cause harm to children
There is absolutely no way to stop it happening without banning YouTube and anything like it.
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The Ann Coulter Fan Club Babylon is burning at, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 21:54,
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How are these tedious songs about fingers doing harm to children?
The headswap thing, I can imagine teaches your kid to make a fucking awful crying noise when something isn't correct. I have heard it immitated.
I was actually impressed at the work the author did on it.
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gaijintendo Regular Member, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 22:14,
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Yes, I dont see how the majority of these examples damage kids
Any more than people were saying video games were before, etc. Trying to patronise me isn't exactly a great defence TACFC. They are mind-numbing rubbish and kids just wouldn't fall for this when they could watch decent animations on another channel. As for the early years videos, parents should be keeping an eye on what they're watching anyway. Final point, kids aren't dumb.
People have different opinions so we should discuss this rather than, oh I don't know randomly choosing something...putting them on ignore. Oh, you didn't do that did you?
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The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Wed 8 Nov 2017, 23:20,
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I thought you put cold stare on ignore?
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Fadgebadger Sweaty sumo wanks for everyone!, Thu 9 Nov 2017, 7:07,
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So is he suggesting that these videos are being created entirely by bots? Or that it's some sort of mass, sinister conspiracy to warp fragile little minds?
I'm not sure which is least likely.
I assume they're created as a cynical attempt to get views from kids intrigued by disgusting things, or adults as a result of articles like these.
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It's an interesting subject I think
I was pleased when a video of mine got a couple of million views, but realised that it's nothing when I saw my kid watching a video of someone opening Kinder Eggs - 42 million views. Most of these videos are just click bait purely for the ad revenue. Seems like the titles are generated by algorithms, but actual people make the videos - and if they can make enough videos with different variations of keywords, they can make money - sometimes a lot. I don't think there's any dark intentions behind most of these videos (unless it's those pesky Ruskies again)
I imagine Google will get round to doing something about it in the same way they change their search algorithms to downgrade websites using sneaky SEO practices. Eventually.
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Chairman L'Mao Wasp Whisperer, Mon 13 Nov 2017, 10:15,
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