So in my classmate Graeme’s blog, he mentioned the Underground Youtube Decrees in his post here. Me being an avid Youtube surfer (as you can see from a lot of my posts) just had to respond.
Of the 7 decrees in UYD, I’ve seen many of them in posts but I’m not too familiar with IV (Thou shalt not ask if he died) or VII (Thou shalt not ask if an inanimate object is ok). I personally find some of the decrees amusing occasionally but more often than not, they are un-thoughtfully presented, which I guess warrants a decree against them.
One decree that should be imposed is “Thou shalt not refer the whole video as their favourite part”. This happens when the comment links a section 0:01 – 3:15 (for example) as the user’s favourite part when in fact, the whole video IS 3:15 long, this is something that really annoys me.
Some other decrees I would add would be about comments that spout “FAKE!!!” and also comments that result in a long heated back-and-forth argument where posters accuse each other of being trolls. If you’re unfamiliar with the term “troll”, it basically refers to a person who deliberately takes perhaps a controversial side, with an intent to tick people off on the internet. It is no surprise that Youtube attracts many trolls since it is such a big community.
On a related note, I found this comic from XKCD about this issue, and the potential “solution” (note: I took the image and censored a word to make it appropriate for class, by clicking on the link to XKCD, you will see the uncensored version, please be warned)
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