Poll of the Day > I never thought I would be "that parent" about YouTube

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I'm not letting my child watch YouTube anymore until they learn how to clean up their fucking shit heap of a site. I do all the searching and have to approve what he watches beforehand, but go type in Paw patrol and watch some of the disgusting shit these fucking lunatics put on there. That's the current trend show all the kids are watching and these assholes are making videos with thumbnails of people pissing into a vat and shit. To make matters worse their stupid ass algorithms make it so if you click on something like that, that's all that ends up popping up in related searches.

It's a good thing I always monitor what my son is watching, but how can shit like that get so many views withouthe the people at YouTube looking at the content?

Another thing the amount of videos of grown people cashing in on children by making videos of themselves playing with *insert current children's fad* toys is also very disturbing. That. However is a whole different topic.

TL;DR: watch what your kid is doing on the Internet, please.
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I hear you, dude. YouTube is the worst. My mother-in-law puts YouTube on when she babysits and the stuff they watch is just dumb. It's kid-friendly, but it's garbage content.

We have a Roku, and let the kids watch the PBS Kids channel most of the time. Nick Jr and Disney Kids or whatever are on there, too.

The parental controls and kid's menu on Netflix is okay, but we try to keep them off Netflix, too.

Heads up though, PBS Kids has an app for iPhone and android and it's free.
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Aw, responsible daddy topic

Y'all are cute >__>
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I wish you could set up a childs account on youtube, where you basically go through and just approve what channels they are allowed to watch
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RCtheWSBC posted...

Aw, responsible daddy topic

Y'all are cute >__>

Lol, I'm just trying not to be complete trash
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Urge to post MLP sibling incest porn rising...
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Let 'me do what they want and experience the horrors of the Internet for themselves.

Dog, I just typed in PJ at the end of the paw patrol thing and it was one of the dogs getting spanked or some shit.
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Yeah when my kids want to watch youtube, they have to watch it on the PS4 so I can hear what is being said. They have a chromebook (since they use them at school) and I only allow a few sites. What's bad is that some sites that they use at home and at school allows ads and sometimes those ads are questionable.
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I agree. Some of the things that are supposedly kids shows on there are downright disturbing.

The adults playing with kid's toys is just weird but those too can be inappropriate like babydolls/ and Barbies covered in fake shit.

Show them dont hug me im scared

Great fun for all ages

Has youtube always been such a shitheap or is it just a recent thing? My cousin would watch really inappropriate stop motion videos done with Star Wars lego. It was weird. I wouldn't let my kid watch anything I wouldn't watch. So basically just educational or news videos, music videos, action figure reviews and two hour long discussions about anime trends.

Omg arvs baby watches paw patrol
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Blightzkrieg posted...

Has youtube always been such a shitheap or is it just a recent thing? My cousin would watch really inappropriate stop motion videos done with Star Wars lego. It was weird. I wouldn't let my kid watch anything I wouldn't watch. So basically just educational or news videos, music videos, action figure reviews and two hour long discussions about anime trends.

I have no clue. Remember cr1tikal did a video about the whole finger family trend about a year or so ago, but before that I just never paid it any mind.

My thing is these results are like in the top 20 for videos when you search very popular topics, and they have 200k views minimum...How?

Thank God for apps and shit so I can just watch DisneyJr or nickjr now.
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yeah as I said I feel youtube needs a feature where you the parent specifically pick channels thats ok for your child to watch, it would be easier to just pick what you are ok with rather than wade through everything your not ok with and checking them off as not being able to be viewed.
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I don't have a child of my own but I watch my niece sometimes, and 99 % of what she watches is ok. but once in awhile she'll try to watch a questionable music video and you gotta cut her off
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mooreandrew58 posted...

yeah as I said I feel youtube needs a feature where you the parent specifically pick channels thats ok for your child to watch, it would be easier to just pick what you are ok with rather than wade through everything your not ok with and checking them off as not being able to be viewed.

Yeah, I agree. I don't know why it doesn't exist in some form yet.
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What, you don't wants your kids watching Spiderman and Elsa, Steve?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq1uiYXWIGY

shit's weird yo
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Warning: DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN SEARCH ANYTHING DISNEY, MARVEL, OR DC RELATED ON YOUTUBE WITHOUT GUIDANCE.
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Yeah they really need to get it under control. There's some way too weird shit on Youtube like the infamous Spiderman/Elsa video(s?).

Like, they'll demonitize someone doing a report about race relations but that shit where they throw hypodermic needles into a crying dolls ass is fine.
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Zareth posted...

What, you don't wants your kids watching Spiderman and Elsa, Steve?

It's always Elsa, Spiderman, hulk and joker in like the weird GTA V mod videos.
I have no clue why but sometimes they mix it up and put superman in them.

Imma go find one
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Like these.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYa0ZT_b6Ms

It's always this formula, weird nursery rhyme (daddy finger or Johnny johnny), always spiderman, may have a another character in it but it's ALWAYS spiderman and cars just crashing into each other in some weird arena in the sky.
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I wouldn't want my kid repeating random stuff they heard on that Flashgitz crap or anything similar so I hear ya and applaud your parenting. There's entirely more substantial/wholesome entertainment that doesn't have to be childish or watered down to consume rather than just silly debauchery or whatever it would be more appropriately referred as. Old Cartoon Network was pretty good for example

Not that I've never been into all that of course, but looking back on a lot of these silly ass productions, a lot of it is just pretty ridiculous. Not during the young childhood years. Adolescence/young teens, well thats when I started watching youtube poops and all that so around those ages I'd let them make their own decisions, but I'd still let them know how silly I think a lot of it is, provided they aren't hiding their consumption of it as if it were some kind of porn mag. Kids shouldn't have to feel like they have to hide stuff from their parents either.

Hypothetical though since knowing what a shithole this existence is I wouldn't be having kids until I was able to provide them everything they needed. Too much of a job. They'd also be homeschooled, as I was, except the difference is, they would actually be receiving an education. I know how/why I turned out the way I did, so I already know everything not to do.
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Control+F
"restricted mode"
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If you are so concerned then use the feature youtube made for this purpose?

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7354993?hl=en

Your a good parent, is what you are.
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Blightzkrieg posted...

Has youtube always been such a shitheap or is it just a recent thing? My cousin would watch really inappropriate stop motion videos done with Star Wars lego. It was weird. I wouldn't let my kid watch anything I wouldn't watch. So basically just educational or news videos, music videos, action figure reviews and two hour long discussions about anime trends.

It's always been a shitheap but it's gotten a lot worse in recent years.
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Ah... I see.
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mooreandrew58 posted...

I wish you could set up a childs account on youtube, where you basically go through and just approve what channels they are allowed to watch

That'd be great!
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dioxxys posted...

Control+F
"restricted mode"
no results found


If you are so concerned then use the feature youtube made for this purpose?

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7354993?hl=en

Thanks
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I'm so glad I had free reign (though internet wasn't commonplace until I was about 13), it resulted in me not feeling the need to "be cool" and rebel. That said, the internet is a cesspool and changed the game.
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dioxxys posted...

Control+F
"restricted mode"
no results found


If you are so concerned then use the feature youtube made for this purpose?

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7354993?hl=en

That works as well as holding water in your hands.
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EvilMegas posted...

dioxxys posted...

Control+F
"restricted mode"
no results found


If you are so concerned then use the feature youtube made for this purpose?

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7354993?hl=en

That works as well as holding water in your hands.

what if you have webbed hands
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You're webbed hands!
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your face is a webbed hand
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EvilMegas posted...

dioxxys posted...

Control+F
"restricted mode"
no results found


If you are so concerned then use the feature youtube made for this purpose?

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7354993?hl=en

That works as well as holding water in your hands.

Well its better then nothing?

Also dont they have nanny programs for concerned parents?

I'm glad with the setup Youtube has for the most part. There is just far too much content for anyone to go through and manually review for rating and blanket censorship would be a very bad thing. But as large and ubiquitous Youtube is, Google really needs to make better parental controls on their service.

mooreandrew58 posted...

yeah as I said I feel youtube needs a feature where you the parent specifically pick channels thats ok for your child to watch, it would be easier to just pick what you are ok with rather than wade through everything your not ok with and checking them off as not being able to be viewed.

Yes, whitelisting content would probably be the best way to go. It would be more work on the parent's end, but it would definitely be more efficient and safe than anything else.

you can't control what their friends watch well your kids are round them (heck even well there as school)

with kids using smart phones now a days good chance there see what you don't want them to.
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This is one of the reasons I am glad I won't be having any kids. It has to be hard with the internet today to really monitor everything, eventually they will just go to a friends house that has unlimited access so they will watch whatever they want anyhow.

Glad you try to keep track and watch what they are consuming, sometimes I am shocked at how oblivious most parents are.

My suggestion would be don't even let them watch anything on youtube. Stick to netflix and other streaming services you may more control of.

My cousin fell into the habit of repeating everything he finds funny, to try and be funny himself. He basically has the mind of a child, so he doesn't understand the things he says, just that they made other people laugh at school, or it was loud and obnoxious on YouTube. It's lead to him saying some very inappropriate things to people and not even realizing it.

Some of the videos he's shown me that he really liked had some extremely raunchy content and he just saw there oblivious to it until some kind of slapstick thing happens, or someone shouts something loudly. My mom caught him watching nasty videos and punished him by telling him he couldn't watch that particular channel any more, but he constantly sneaked around watching it anyway, but it was obvious because he didn't understand that sound travels...

Luckily, his new favorite trend is just plain stupid rather than problematic. Now he just searches for overwatch videos where people set their sensitivity to the highest and just stand there flipping the camera around really fast. Of course, he has to imitate it too, because it seems he can't think for himself, and bugs me to constantly watch him play overwatch as he stands in one spot flipping the camera around and squealing with laughter. He fen gets mad that I stop watching after a few minutes, but it's the same thing everyday for like 20 minutes at a time. It wasn't even funny to begin with.
Ugh, guess I went in a bit of a rant there.
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KogaSteelfang posted...

My cousin fell into the habit of repeating everything he finds funny, to try and be funny himself. He basically has the mind of a child, so he doesn't understand the things he says, just that they made other people laugh at school, or it was loud and obnoxious on YouTube. It's lead to him saying some very inappropriate things to people and not even realizing it.

Some of the videos he's shown me that he really liked had some extremely raunchy content and he just saw there oblivious to it until some kind of slapstick thing happens, or someone shouts something loudly. My mom caught him watching nasty videos and punished him by telling him he couldn't watch that particular channel any more, but he constantly sneaked around watching it anyway, but it was obvious because he didn't understand that sound travels...

Luckily, his new favorite trend is just plain stupid rather than problematic. Now he just searches for overwatch videos where people set their sensitivity to the highest and just stand there flipping the camera around really fast. Of course, he has to imitate it too, because it seems he can't think for himself, and bugs me to constantly watch him play overwatch as he stands in one spot flipping the camera around and squealing with laughter. He fen gets mad that I stop watching after a few minutes, but it's the same thing everyday for like 20 minutes at a time. It wasn't even funny to begin with.
Ugh, guess I went in a bit of a rant there.

I am so sorry.

does he watch filthy frank?

I would propose creating a "family friendly" site to oppose Youtube. No violent, profane, or any content remotely sexual, for media uploads, and the site would be aimed at children, and those who would object to Youtube's declining standards.

On the otherhand, I would also propose launching a site that would be the exact opposite, allowing everything that is not pornographic in nature, as a news site aimed at adults, to allow as much information as possible (like what Liveleak does, but in a more coherent manner, and less useless videos).

Our son loves watching info videos, seriously he keeps telling us things about trains that we never even knew about!

That or Ryanstoyreviews. He uses Netflix for things like Paw Patrol and Transformers

Also, do you guys use the Youtube kids app? Not come across anything untoward on that so far (Fingers crossed)

EvilMegas posted...

I'm not letting my child watch YouTube anymore until they learn how to clean up their fucking shit heap of a site. I do all the searching and have to approve what he watches beforehand, but go type in Paw patrol and watch some of the disgusting shit these fucking lunatics put on there. That's the current trend show all the kids are watching and these assholes are making videos with thumbnails of people pissing into a vat and shit. To make matters worse their stupid ass algorithms make it so if you click on something like that, that's all that ends up popping up in related searches.

It's a good thing I always monitor what my son is watching, but how can shit like that get so many views withouthe the people at YouTube looking at the content?

Another thing the amount of videos of grown people cashing in on children by making videos of themselves playing with *insert current children's fad* toys is also very disturbing. That. However is a whole different topic.

TL;DR: watch what your kid is doing on the Internet, please.

What the fuck do you want your kids to watch? Astrophysics? Quantum Theory?

FFS.
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my son likes stampylonghead and popularmmos and both of those guys are fine

LaggnFragnLarry posted...

my son likes stampylonghead and popularmmos and both of those guys are fine

Popularmmos is a bad influence on children, as he will make them think that Minecraft is an MMO.
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dioxxys posted...

does he watch filthy frank?

Filthy frank is education, boss
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Zareth posted...

LaggnFragnLarry posted...

my son likes stampylonghead and popularmmos and both of those guys are fine

Popularmmos is a bad influence on children, as he will make them think that Minecraft is an MMO.

I don't want my sons becoming heathens.
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Maybe I'm young and that's why I disagree with everyone's take on this issue. I don't think I should tell my kid what he should watch and what he shouldn't. If they're learning nasty words from there without realizing, I would just tell them don't say those words (or any other stupid/bad habit they learn after watching a video), instead of just limiting what they can see, because I feel like if I try to control that, they'll just do further desperate things like going at a friend's house to watch or something like that.
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